Front Psychiatry. 2014 Jul 17;5:83. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00083. eCollection 2014. Lijffijt M1, Hu K2, Swann AC3. Marijn Lijffijt,1,* Kesong Hu,2 and Alan C. Swann1,3 This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Childhood trauma and post-childhood chronic/repeated stress could increase the risk of a substance use disorder by affecting five stages […]
Curr Opin Neurobiol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Aug 1. Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Aug; 23(4): 632–638. Published online 2013 Feb 8. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.018 PMCID: PMC3670974 NIHMSID: NIHMS439661 Xavier Noël,a Damien Brevers,b and Antoine Becharab Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version […]
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Despite all the porn, we may be moving towards a romantic renaissance. Recently I caught up with a wonderful friend whose company I adore because he is so damn honest. As usual, over a few drinks, we made each other laugh, talked politics and then moved on to deeper issues like how are you really? […]
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Front Hum Neurosci. 2015; 9: 40. Published online 2015 Feb 5. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00040 Robert C. Lorenz,1,2,† Tobias Gleich,1,† Jürgen Gallinat,1,3 and Simone Kühn4,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Video games contain elaborate reinforcement and reward schedules that have the potential to maximize motivation. Neuroimaging studies suggest […]
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Brain Imaging Behav. 2015 Feb 27. Cai C1, Yuan K, Yin J, Feng D, Bi Y, Li Y, Yu D, Jin C, Qin W, Tian J. Abstract Internet gaming disorder (IGD), identified in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) Section III as a condition warranting more clinical research, […]
Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 May 30;8:196. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00196. eCollection 2014. Crystal A. Clark and Alain Dagher* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract An influential model suggests that dopamine signals the difference between predicted and experienced reward. In […]
Front Cell Neurosci. 2015 Jan 20;8:466. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00466. eCollection 2014. van Huijstee AN1, Mansvelder HD1. Abstract Addictive drugs remodel the brain’s reward circuitry, the mesocorticolimbic dopamine (DA) system, by inducing widespread adaptations of glutamatergic synapses. This drug-induced synaptic plasticity is thought to contribute to both the development and the persistence of addiction. This review highlights […]
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Erica M. Schulte, Nicole M. Avena, Ashley N. Gearhardt Published: February 18, 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117959 Abstract Objectives We propose that highly processed foods share pharmacokinetic properties (e.g. concentrated dose, rapid rate of absorption) with drugs of abuse, due to the addition of fat and/or refined carbohydrates and the rapid rate the refined carbohydrates are absorbed […]