Ebook: The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and its Role in Tobacco Use

Draws upon research on the drug believed to form the basis of tobacco use and dependence, nicotine. This book discusses strategies for decreasing tobacco use and preventing initiation through a translational approach in which genetic, neurobiological, individual, and cultural factors motivating tobacco use and nicotine dependence are considered.;Preface; Contributors; Contents; to 1 Nicotine, Tobacco Use, and the 55th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation; to 2 Synaptic Plasticity Within Midbrain Dopamine Centers Contributes to Nicotine Addiction; to 3 Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Motivational Effects of Nicotine; to 4 Targeting Reward-Relevant Nicotinic Receptors in the Discovery of Novel Pharmacotherapeutic Agents to Treat Tobacco Dependence; to 5 Multiple Motivational Forces Contribute to Nicotine Dependence; to 6 The Role of Nicotine in Smoking: A Dual-Reinforcement Model.