Molecular mechanisms underlying behaviors related to nicotine addiction.

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Published in Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med on January 01, 2013

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Marina R Picciotto1, Paul J Kenny

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1: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06508, USA. marina.picciotto@yale.edu

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