NeuroscienceNature Mental HealthPeer-reviewed
A thalamic circuit represents dose-like responses induced by nicotine-related beliefs in human smokers
Ofer Perl, Anastasia Shuster, Matthew Heflin…·Xiaosi Gu
The paper shows that nicotine-related beliefs in smokers induce dose-like thalamic responses and functional coupling with prefrontal cortex, similar to pharmacological effects.