http://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=5663 <table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="left"/><td align="right"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Link&amp;LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&amp;from_uid=26478134">Related Articles</a></td></tr></table> <p><b>Cue-reactivity in experienced electronic cigarette users: Novel stimulus videos and a pilot fMRI study.</b></p> <p>Brain Res Bull. 2015 Oct 15;</p> <p>Authors: Nichols TT, Foulds J, Yingst J, Veldheer S, Hrabovsky S, Richie J, Eissenberg T, Wilson SJ</p> <p>Abstract<br/> Some individuals who try electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) continue to use long-term. Previous research has investigated the safety of e-cigarettes and their potential for use in smoking cessation, but comparatively little research has explored chronic or habitual e-cigarette use. In particular, the relationship between e-cigarette cues and craving is unknown. We sought to bridge this gap by developing a novel set of e-cigarette (salient) and electronic toothbrush (neutral) videos for use in cue-reactivity paradigms. Additionally, we demonstrate the utility of this approach in a pilot fMRI study of 7 experienced e-cigarette users. Participants were scanned while viewing the cue videos before and after 10min use of their own e-cigarettes (producing an 11.7 ng/ml increase in plasma nicotine concentration). A significant session (pre- and post-use) by video type (salient and neutral) interaction was exhibited in many sensorimotor areas commonly activated in other cue-reactivity paradigms. We did not detect significant cue-related activity in other brain regions notable in the craving literature. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed, including the importance of matching cue stimuli to participants' experiences.<br/> </p><p>PMID: 26478134 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]</p> en-us Copyright 2000-2026 NITRC OSI Sun, 03 May 2026 21:07:56 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NITRC RSS generator