Front Behav Neurosci. 2017; 11: 19. Published online 2017 Feb 14. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00019 PMCID: PMC5306218 Jean-Pascal Morin,1,2 Luis F. Rodríguez-Durán,1,3 Kioko Guzmán-Ramos,1 Claudia Perez-Cruz,4 Guillaume Ferreira,5,6 Sofia Diaz-Cintra,7 and Gustavo Pacheco-López1,8,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Neural plasticity is an intrinsic and essential characteristic of the […]
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Psychiatry Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 Feb 28. Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2016 Dec 30; 246: 230–235. Published online 2016 Sep 26. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.044 PMCID: PMC5330407 EMSID: EMS71673 EW Leppink,(1) SR Chamberlain,(2) SA Redden,(1) and JE Grant(1)* Abstract Objective A notable number of young adults struggle to control impulsive […]
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2011 Jun; 300(6): R1266–R1277. Published online 2011 Mar 16. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00028.2011 PMCID: PMC3119156 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Natalie R. Lenard, and Andrew C. Shin Abstract Given the unabated obesity problem, there is increasing appreciation of expressions like “my eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and recent studies in rodents and […]
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Nutrients. 2014 Oct; 6(10): 4338–4353. Published online 2014 Oct 16. doi: 10.3390/nu6104338 PMCID: PMC4210920 Caroline Davis1,* and Natalie J. Loxton2 Abstract While food addiction has no formally-recognized definition, it is typically operationalized according to the diagnostic principles established by the Yale Food Addiction Scale—an inventory based on the symptom criteria for substance dependence in the […]
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Behav Pharmacol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Feb 25. Published in final edited form as: Behav Pharmacol. 2012 Sep; 23(0): 593–602. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328357697f PMCID: PMC3934429 NIHMSID: NIHMS554308 Attilio Iemolo,a,b,* Marta Valenza,a,b,c,* Lisa Tozier,b Clifford M. Knapp,b Conan Kornetsky,b Luca Steardo,d Valentina Sabino,a,b and Pietro Cottonea,b Abstract The increased availability of highly palatable foods is […]
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Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Jul 25. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25; 104(1): 149–156. Published online 2011 May 8. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.063 PMCID: PMC3304465 NIHMSID: NIHMS297622 Sarah L Parylak,a,b,c George F Koob,a,c and Eric P Zorrillaa,b,c,1 Abstract In drug addiction, the transition from casual drug use to […]
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Although many claim that men in most western countries live a rather privileged life, lthere is a stark and ongoing change in the quality of life that young men live. Men today are not like their fathers or grandfathers: They are more socially awkward and shy around women, consume more porn at a younger age, […]
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PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e60407. Published online 2013 Apr 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060407 PMCID: PMC3614998 Sarah I. Martire,1 Nathan Holmes,1 R. Fred Westbrook,1 and Margaret J. Morris2,* Mihai Covasa, Editor Abstract Background Rats prefer energy-rich foods over chow and eat them to excess. The pattern of eating elicited by this diet is unknown. We used the […]
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Acta Inform Med. 2016 Feb; 24(1): 66–68. Published online 2016 Feb 2. doi: 10.5455/aim.2016.24.66-68 PMCID: PMC4789623 Marianna Diomidous,1 Kostis Chardalias,1 Adrianna Magita,1 Panagiotis Koutonias,1 Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou,1 and John Mantas1 Abstract Background and Aims: Over the past two decades there was an upsurge of the use of Internet in human life. With this continuous development, Internet […]
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