Yale University

Nicotine exposure can increase motivation to seek food

Published in Law and Health Weekly, September 24th, 2005

A new study by Yale researchers shows that prior nicotine exposure in mice can increase their motivation to work for food, weeks after their last exposure to nicotine, a finding that runs counter to the popular belief that nicotine exposure curbs appetite.

The study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychopharmacology, also sheds new light on the role played by certain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors when it comes to the reinforcing aspects of nicotine.

The study provides insight into one of the most vexing issues relating to smoking cessation, one that discourages many people from attempting to quit smoking, the prospect of weight...

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