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Disrupting addiction through the loss of drug-associated internal states

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Damage to the insula enables some smokers to quit easily and without relapse, reports a recent paper. The lesion may disrupt a a representation of internal bodily urges that is normally cued by learned drug associations.

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Figure 1: Drawing and fMRI image of the insula.

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