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The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and its Role in Tobacco Use

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Acknowledgements

We thank Sheri Booth, Maysa Gharib, Laure Craven, Kara Mays, Gina Matteson, Kasia Bak, Melissa Levin, and Emily Kraus for their assistance in conducting the research and performing analyses. Research conducted in our laboratory followed the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Assurance #: A3187-01). This research was supported by NIH grants DA-10464, DA-12655, DA-17288, and DA-19278 and by a Howard Hughes Predoctoral Research Fellowship awarded to N. Chaudhri.

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    Caggiula, A.R., Donny, E.C., Palmatier, M.I., Liu, X., Chaudhri, N., Sved, A.F. (2008). The Role of Nicotine in Smoking: A Dual-Reinforcement Model. In: Caggiula, A., Bevins, R. (eds) The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and its Role in Tobacco Use. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, vol 55. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78748-0_6

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