Smoking Changes Brain Chemistry

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First Volumes of interest (VOI) of 45 x 28 x 22 mm were placed superior to the corpus callosum, covering gyrus cinguli anterior in both hemispheres (see yellow boxes in figures).

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Second VOI of 40 x 30 x 25 mm was placed anterior to the sulcus precentralis in the left dorsolateral frontal cortex, subjacent white matter, and the anterior cingulate cortex (see yellow boxes in figures).

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Figure 3. Normal distribution of metabolites in cerebral H-MR spectra

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Figure 4. Acquisitions for single voxel H-MRS

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Figure 5. Graph - Single-voxel H-MRS of the cingulum TE272

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Figure 6. Graph - Single-voxel H-MRS of the frontal cortex TE272

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Figure 7. The research team and equipment

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