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Why is nicotine adictive?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 10/7/2023

Nicotine at very low levels (10 nM - 100 uM) enhances synaptic transmission. Since the neurons affected are in the striate cortex and participate in the reward pathways it maybe that this partly explains why nicotine is addictive.

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