Fronto-striatal dysregulation in drug addiction and pathological gambling: Consistent inconsistencies? (2013)

Neuroimage Clin. 2013; 2: 385–393. Published online Mar 5, 2013. doi:  10.1016/j.nicl.2013.02.005 PMCID: PMC3777686 Eve H. Limbrick-Oldfield,a, Ruth J. van Holst,a,b and Luke Clarka Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Alterations in appetitive processing are central to […]

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Internet addiction: coping styles, expectancies, and treatment implications (2014)

Front. Psychol., 11 November 2014 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01256 Matthias Brand1,2*, Christian Laier1 and Kimberly S. Young3 1Department of General Psychology: Cognition, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany 2Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Essen, Germany 3Center for Internet Addiction, Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, USA […]

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(L) Is Internet Addiction a Real Thing? The New Yorker (2014)

LINK TO ARTICLE By Maria Konnikova Marc Potenza, a psychiatrist at Yale and the director of the school’s Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders, has been treating addiction for more than two decades. Early in his career, he, like most others studying addiction at the time, focussed on substance-abuse problems—cocaine and heroin […]

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A Targeted Review of the Neurobiology and Genetics of Behavioral Addictions: An Emerging Area of Research (2013)

Can J Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC May 1, 2014. Published in final edited form as: Can J Psychiatry. May 2013; 58(5): 260–273. PMCID: PMC3762982 NIHMSID: NIHMS504038 Robert F. Leeman, Ph.D.1 and Marc N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D.1,2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► See other articles in PMC that cite the published […]

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Animal models of alcohol and drug dependence (2013)

Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2013;35 Suppl 2:S140-6. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1149. Planeta CS. Abstract Drug addiction has serious health and social consequences. In the last 50 years, a wide range of techniques have been developed to model specific aspects of drug-taking behaviors and have greatly contributed to the understanding of the neurobiological basis of drug abuse and addiction. […]

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Difference in mental state between Internet-addicted and non-addicted Japanese undergraduates (2014)

Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2014 Nov 21. pii: /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2014-0030/ijamh-2014-0030.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2014-0030. Hirao K. Abstract Background: Internet addiction (IA) is a common disorder among adolescents throughout most of the industrialized world. The purpose of this study was to compare mental states between Japanese undergraduates with IA and those without IA. Methods: In a cross-sectional survey, […]

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A Role for Brain Stress Systems in Addiction (2008)

Neuron. Author manuscript; available in PMC Sep 22, 2009. Published in final edited form as: Neuron. Jul 10, 2008; 59(1): 11–34. doi:  10.1016/j.neuron.2008.06.012 PMCID: PMC2748830 NIHMSID: NIHMS140623 George F. Koob1,* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: Abstract Drug addiction is a […]

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Making a bad thing worse: adverse effects of stress on drug addiction (2008)

J Clin Invest. Feb 1, 2008; 118(2): 454–461. doi:  10.1172/JCI33946 PMCID: PMC2214707 Jessica N. Cleck and Julie A. Blendy Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Sustained exposure to various psychological stressors can exacerbate neuropsychiatric disorders, including drug addiction. Addiction is […]

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The Role of CRF and CRF-related Peptides in the Dark Side of Addiction (2014)

Brain Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC Feb 16, 2011. Brain Res. Feb 16, 2010; 1314C: 3. Published online Nov 11, 2009. doi:  10.1016/j.brainres.2009.11.008 PMCID: PMC2819562 NIHMSID: NIHMS164224 George F. Koob, Ph.D. Abstract Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by a compulsion to seek and take drugs, the development of dependence, and the […]

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Psychosocial Risk Factors Associated with Internet Addiction in Korea (2014)

Psychiatry Investig. Oct 2014; 11(4): 380–386. Published online Oct 20, 2014. doi:  10.4306/pi.2014.11.4.380 PMCID: PMC4225201 Ju Young Lee, Kyoung Min Shin, Sun-Mi Cho, and Yun Mi Shin Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of Internet addiction […]

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