{"id":81887,"date":"2026-06-27T14:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=81887"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:17:36","slug":"nicotine-rewire-the-brain-beyond-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/nicotine-rewire-the-brain-beyond-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicotine may rewire the brain beyond smoking: Study finds stronger drive to work for food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicotine addiction may affect more than the urge to smoke, according to new research. The study found that prolonged nicotine exposure changes how the brain<\/a> responds to natural rewards, increasing the motivation to seek food rather than simply increasing pleasure from eating.<\/p>\n

The drive to get food increased<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the study, male mice were given water containing gradually increasing doses of nicotine for six weeks. Afterward, the animals were trained to press a lever to receive tasty food pellets. The nicotine-exposed mice pressed the lever far more often and worked harder to obtain the reward than the control group.<\/p>\n

But when the same food was freely available, the nicotine-exposed mice ate less. This suggested that nicotine increased the urge to pursue the reward, not the enjoyment of eating it.<\/p>\n

New hope for smokers trying to quit: Single dose of psilocybin outperforms nicotine patch in study<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n