Brain and cortisol responses to smoking cues are linked in tobacco-smoking individuals.

ABSTRACT: Cues associated with smoking can induce relapse, which is likely driven by cue-induced neurobiological and physiological mechanisms. For instance, greater relapse vulnerability is associated with increases in cue-induced insula activation and heightened cortisol concentrations. Determining if there is a link between such cue-induced responses is critical given the need for biomarkers that can be easily measured in clinical settings and used to drive targeted treatment. Further, comprehensively characterising biological reactions to cues promises to aid in the development of therapies that address this specific relapse risk factor. To determine whether brain and cortisol responses to smoking cues are linked, this study recruited 27 nicotine-dependent tobacco-smoking individuals and acquired

SUBMITTER: Wanger TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572701 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature