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Obes Facts. 2012;5(2):165-79. doi: 10.1159/000338310. Epub 2012 Apr 19. Albayrak O1, Wölfle SM, Hebebrand J. Abstract The relationship between overeating, substance abuse and (behavioral) addiction is controversial. Medically established forms of addiction so far pertain to substance use disorders only. But the preliminary Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders V (DSM V) suggests replacing […]
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Front. Psychiatry, 25 February 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00024 Jarid Goodman and Mark G. Packard* Department of Psychology, Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA The view that anatomically distinct memory systems differentially contribute to the development of drug addiction and relapse has received extensive support. The present brief review revisits this […]
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