The nicotine paradox: Weak primary reinforcer, strong enhancer
Open Access
- 5 December 2025
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Vol. 393 (1) , 103779
Abstract
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Funding Information
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA057208)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (TL1TR001997)
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM130461)
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