Sex Differences in the Association of Cigarette Craving With Insula Structure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette craving, which can negatively impact smoking cessation, is reportedly stronger in women than in men when they initiate abstinence from smoking. Identifying approaches to counteract craving in people of different sexes may facilitate the development of personalized treatments for Tobacco Use Disorder, which disproportionately affects women. Because cigarette craving is associated with nicotine dependence and structure of the insula, this study addressed whether a person's sex influences these associations.

Methods

The research participants (n = 99, 48 women) reported daily cigarette smoking and provided self-reports of nicotine dependence. After overnight abstinence from smoking, they underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging scanning to determine c

SUBMITTER: Perez Diaz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8378076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature