COMMENTS: The data was from 2007. About 9% of adolescents were internet addicts. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:1106 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-1106 LINK TO PDF Jian Xu, Li-xiao Shen, Chong-huai Yan, Howard Hu, Fang Yang, Lu Wang, Sudha Rani Kotha, Li-na Zhang, Xiang-peng Liao, Jun Zhang, Feng-xiu Ouyang, Jin-song Zhang and Xiao-ming Shen Published: 22 December 2012 Abstract (provisional) […]
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Hum Brain Mapp. 2010 June; 31(6): 926–933. Published online 2010 May 3. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21052 PMCID: PMC3410522 Sarah-Jayne Blakemore,1,* Stephanie Burnett,1,2 and Ronald E Dahl3 Abstract Adolescence refers to the period of physical and psychological development between childhood and adulthood. The beginning of adolescence is loosely anchored to the onset of puberty, which brings dramatic alterations […]
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J Adolesc Health. 2009 Aug;45(2):156-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.004. Braun-Courville DK, Rojas M. Source Division of Adolescent Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. [email protected] Abstract PURPOSE: Mass media play an important role in the socialization of youth. Given its expanding nature and accessibility, the Internet may be at the forefront of […]
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J Adolesc. 2009 Jun;32(3):601-18. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.06.004. FULL PDF OF STUDY Mesch GS. Source Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Center for the Study of Society, University of Haifa, Har Hacarmel 31905, Israel. [email protected] Abstract Concern has grown regarding possible harm to the social and psychological development of children and adolescents exposed to Internet pornography. Parents, […]
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Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Feb 1;57(3):229-38. Jucaite A, Fernell E, Halldin C, Forssberg H, Farde L. Source Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. [email protected] Abstract BACKGROUND: The hypothesis that altered dopamine transmission underlies hyperactive-inattentive behavior in children with attention–deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is based on genetic studies and the efficacy of psychostimulants. […]
Read More… from Reduced midbrain dopamine transporter binding in male adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: association between striatal dopamine markers and motor hyperactivity (2005)
J Addict Med. 2007 Sep;1(3):133-8. Han DH, Lee YS, Yang KC, Kim EY, Lyoo IK, Renshaw PF. Source From McLean Hospital Brain Imaging Center and Department of Psychiatry (DHH, KCY, IKL, PFR), Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA; the Department of Psychiatry (YSL, EYK), Chung-Ang University Medical School, Seoul, South Korea; and the Department of […]
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J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2005 Feb;26(1):61-7. Caskey JD, Rosenthal SL. Source School of Medicine and Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0319, USA. Abstract Promotion of adolescent health requires well-designed scientific studies that determine the prevalence of the problem of interest, identify risk and resilience factors, and […]
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THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN: A WORK IN PORGRESS By David R. Weinberger, Brita Elevag, Jay N. Giedd […]
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Neuroscience. 2011 Mar 10;176:296-307. Robinson DL, Zitzman DL, Smith KJ, Spear LP. Source Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27713, USA. [email protected] Abstract Subsecond fluctuations in dopamine (dopamine transients) in the nucleus accumbens are often time-locked to rewards and cues and provide an important learning […]
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J Neurophysiol. 2012 Sep;108(6):1620-30. doi: 10.1152/jn.00077.2012. McCutcheon JE, Conrad KL, Carr SB, Ford KA, McGehee DS, Marinelli M. Source Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, Illinois, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adolescence may be a period of vulnerability to drug addiction. In rats, elevated firing activity of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine […]
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