A discovery that explains why some people cannot give up tobacco may lead to new anti-smoking treatments.
Scientists have identified a brain pathway which when defective leads to an uncontrollable desire to smoke.
It involves a component, or "subunit", of a receptor protein sensitive to nicotine.
Source: John von Radowitz, The Irish Independent, 31/01/2011
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