Dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area fire faster in adolescent rats than in adults (2012).

J Neurophysiol. 2012 Sep;108(6):1620-30. Epub 2012 Jun 20.   McCutcheon JE, Conrad KL, Carr SB, Ford KA, McGehee DS, Marinelli M. Source Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607. [email protected]. Abstract Adolescence may be a period of vulnerability to drug addiction. In rats, elevated firing activity of ventral tegmental area (VTA) […]

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Adolescents and Androgens, Receptors and Rewards (2008)

COMMENTS: Excellent review of almost all the relevant research on androgen receptors, dopamine and sexual function. Fantastic drawing the the hypothalamus-reward circuit interrelationships.   Horm Behav. 2008 May; 53(5): 647–658. Published online 2008 February 13. doi:  10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.01.010 Satoru M. Sato,1 Kalynn M. Schulz,2 Cheryl L. Sisk,2 and Ruth I. Wood1 Author information ► Copyright and […]

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Examining the first, second and third-person effects of Internet pornography on Taiwanese adolescents: implications for the restriction of pornography (2008)

DOI:10.1080/01292980903440855 Ven-Hwei Loa*, Ran Weib & Hsiaomei Wuc pages 90-103, Version of record first published: 17 Mar 2010 Received: 28 Nov 2008 ABSTRACT To explore the impact of Internet pornography on users as compared with traditional forms of pornography, a total of 1688 adolescents in Taiwan were surveyed. Results show that respondents estimated the harms […]

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Adolescent Online Porn Addiction

by Ann Engelland, M.D. Some of the many emails that enter my inbox daily–and some I actually look forward to are from the professional Listserve I belong to through the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine or SAHM. Today there is a lively and provocative discussion about adolescent pornography access and even addiction to pornography. […]

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A review of executive function deficits and pharmacological management in children and adolescents. (2012)

J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Aug;21(3):223-9.   Hosenbocus S, Chahal R. Department of Psychiatry, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, British Columbia. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To review both the functions and dysfunction of the executive system (ES) focusing on the extent of executive function (EF) deficits in most psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents and the […]

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Testosterone regulation of sex steroid related mRNAs and dopamine related mRNAs in adolescent male rat substantia nigra (2012)

Tertia D Purves-Tyson, David J Handelsman, Kay L Double, Samantha J Owens, Sonia Bustamante and Cynthia Shannon Weickert BMC Neuroscience 2012, 13:95 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-13-95 Published: 6 August 2012 Abstract Background Increased risk of schizophrenia in adolescent males indicates that a link between the development of dopamine-related psychopathology and testosterone-driven brain changes may exist. However, contradictions as […]

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Attentional bias and disinhibition toward gaming cues are related to problem gaming in male adolescents (2012)

J Adolesc Health. 2012 Jun;50(6):541-6. Epub 2011 Sep 3. van Holst RJ, Lemmens JS, Valkenburg PM, Peter J, Veltman DJ, Goudriaan AE. Source Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Abstract PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine whether behavioral tendencies commonly related […]

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Abnormal brain activation of adolescent internet addict in a ball-throwing animation task: Possible neural correlates of disembodiment revealed by fMRI (2012)

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Jun 9. Kim YR, Son JW, Lee SI, Shin CJ, Kim SK, Ju G, Choi WH, Oh JH, Lee S, Jo S, Ha TH. Source Department of Psychiatry, Cheongju Medical Health Hospital, Republic of Korea. Abstract While adolescent internet addicts are immersed in cyberspace, they are easily able to experience […]

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Evolution of Internet addiction in Greek adolescent students over a two year period the impact of parental bonding (2012)

Comments: says that Internet addiction is growing and correlated to increased availability. The three online activities most associated with Internet addiction were watching online pornography, online gambling and online gaming. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Feb 4. Siomos K, Floros G, Fisoun V, Evaggelia D, Farkonas N, Sergentani E, Lamprou M, Geroukalis D. Source Hellenic […]

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Disinhibited eating in obese adolescents is associated with orbitofrontal volume reductions and executive dysfunction (2011)

L Maayan,2,4* C Hoogendoorn,1* V Sweat,1 and A. Convit1,3,4 LINK TO FULL STUDY Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 July; 19(7): 1382–1387. 1 Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. 2 Department of Child Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY […]

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