New brain stroke map shows how people can give up smoking

A recent study, that showed how cigarette smokers kicked the habit spontaneously after they suffered a brain stroke or injury, has helped map  regions within the cranium that control addiction of any kind. The research, published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine and quoted by the New York Times, says how certain scans, while showing the damage caused by a clinical episode, also exposes “plots of brain regions where an injury…