Stress responding and stress‐related changes in cue reactivity in heavy smokers, problem gamblers, and healthy controls
Wemm SE, Cao Z, Han L, Wulfert E. Stress responding and stress‐related changes in cue reactivity in heavy smokers, problem gamblers, and healthy controls. Addiction Biology 2018, 25: e12687. PMID: 30421575, PMCID: PMC6513727, DOI: 10.1111/adb.12687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsBlunted cortisol responseMaladaptive stress responsesHigher subjective stressCue-related cravingHeavy smokersStress-related changesControl group responsesSmokersCortisol responseCortisol levelsSubjective stress responsesPsychosocial stressorsSalivary cortisolAcute stressorCue reactivityBehavioral addictionsCravingSubjective cravingSmokingSubstance addictionSubjective responsesCortisolStress responseSubjective stress