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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Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2008;32(1):20-39. Epub 2007 May 18. Avena NM1, Rada P, Hoebel BG. Abstract The experimental question is whether or not sugar can be a substance of abuse and lead to a natural form of addiction. “Food addiction” seems plausible because brain pathways that evolved to respond to natural rewards are also activated by […]
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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 […]
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Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014 Apr;231(8):1557-80. doi: 10.1007/s00213-013-3369-1. Burke AR1, Miczek KA. Abstract RATIONALE: Research on adolescence and drug abuse increased substantially in the past decade. However, drug-addiction-related behaviors following stressful experiences during adolescence are less studied. We focus on rodent models of adolescent stress cross-sensitization to drugs of abuse. OBJECTIVES: Review the ontogeny of behavior, dopamine, […]
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Introduction Legal counsel advised us to create these pages, which document Nicole Prause’s extensive campaign targeting those who point out possible harms of porn use or issues in the porn industry. “Sunshine” protects the community Prause harasses by preserving facts and permitting visitors and journalists to understand the truth for themselves. Indeed, these pages have […]
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Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2011 Apr; 35(5): 1219–1236. Published online 2010 Dec 24. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.12.012 PMCID: PMC3395003 NIHMSID: NIHMS261816 Xun Liu,1,2 Jacqueline Hairston,2 Madeleine Schrier,2 and Jin Fan2,3,4 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neurosci Biobehav Rev […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2014; 5: 79. Published online 2014 Jul 9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00079 PMCID: PMC4088186 Nicholas W. Gilpin1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a dynamic and multi-faceted disease process in humans, with devastating health […]
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J Neurosci. 2003 Sep 3;23(22):8092-7. Zink CF1, Pagnoni G, Martin ME, Dhamala M, Berns GS. Next Section Abstract Although one proposed function of both the striatum and its major dopamine inputs is related to coding rewards and reward-related stimuli, an alternative view suggests a more general role of the striatum in processing salient events, regardless […]
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Nutrients. 2014 Dec 31;7(1):223-38. doi: 10.3390/nu7010223. Pedram P1, Sun G2. Pardis Pedram and Guang Sun* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract The concept of food addiction (FA) is a potentially important contributing factor to the development of obesity in the general population; however, little is known about […]
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Soc Cog Affect Neurosci (2011) doi: 10.1093/scan/nsq092 First published online: January 5, 2011 Bianca P. Acevedo1, Arthur Aron1, Helen E. Fisher2 and Lucy L. Brown3 + Author Affiliations 1Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA, 2Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, and 3Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Correspondence should […]
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