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Genetic background and sex moderate the effects of adolescent nicotine exposure on adult functional neural circuits and behavior.

Adolescence is a critical neurodevelopmental stage marked by heightened plasticity and vulnerability to environmental influences such as nicotine. Nicotine disrupts neural function via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, leading to long-term impairments in reward processing, cognition, and emotional regulation. While li...