Horm Behav. 2010 Jun;58(1):122-37. Epub 2009 Nov 10. Kuhn C, Johnson M, Thomae A, Luo B, Simon SA, Zhou G, Walker QD. Source Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adolescence is the developmental epoch during which children become adults-intellectually, physically, hormonally and socially. Brain […]
FROM THE MARCH 2011 ISSUE Fast driving, drugs, and unsafe sex: The risk-loving behavior of adolescents may result from a neurological gap in the developing brain by Carl Zimmer Teenagers are a puzzle, and not just to their parents. When kids pass from childhood to adolescence their mortality rate doubles, despite the fact that teenagers […]
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January 26th, 2011 in Medicine & Health / Neuroscience Enlarge Each row represents the activity in a neuron at key times during the task. At the time of reward, nearly one-third of adolescent neurons became excited (shown in red) though the level of inhibition (in blue) changed marginally. Adult neurons registered much higher inhibitory activity […]
Am J Psychiatry. 2003 June; 160(6): 1041–1052. PMCID: PMC2919168 R. Andrew Chambers, M.D., Jane R. Taylor, Ph.D., and Marc N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D. Abstract Objective Epidemiological studies indicate that experimentation with addictive drugs and onset of addictive disorders is primarily concentrated in adolescence and young adulthood. The authors describe basic and clinical data supporting […]
PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048961. Epub 2012 Nov 14. Zhou Z, Yuan G, Yao J. Source Department of Psychology, Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cue-related go/no-go switching task provides an experimental approach to study individual’s flexibility in changing situations. Because Internet addiction disorder […]
Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2012 Nov;8(4):292-298. PDF -Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. Cash H, Rae CD, Steel AH, Winkler A. Source reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program, Fall City, WA 98024. Abstract Problematic computer use is a growing social issue which is being debated worldwide. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) ruins lives […]
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COMMENTS: Unpredictable rewards lead to bigger spikes of dopamine. This is what makes high speed Internet porn different from porn of the past J Neurosci. 2001 Apr 15;21(8):2793-8. Berns GS, McClure SM, Pagnoni G, Montague PR. Source Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. [email protected] […]
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Curr Pharm Des. 2012;18(1):113-8. Blum K, Gardner E, Oscar-Berman M, Gold M. FULL STUDY Source Department of Psychiatry and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. [email protected] Abstract In an attempt to resolve controversy regarding the causal contributions of mesolimbic dopamine (DA) systems to reward, we evaluate the three main competing explanatory […]
Obes Rev. 2012 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01031.x. Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Tomasi D, Baler RD. Keywords: Addiction; dopamine; obesity; prefrontal cortex Summary Drug addiction and obesity appear to share several properties. Both can be defined as disorders in which the saliency of a specific type of reward (food or drug) becomes exaggerated relative to, and […]
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Brody, S. (2010), The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7: 1336–1361. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01677.x Keywords: Sexual Intercourse; Health Behaviors; Masturbation ABSTRACT Introduction. Although many studies examine purported risks associated with sexual activities, few examine potential physical and mental health benefits, and even fewer incorporate the scientifically essential differentiation of specific sexual behaviors. […]
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