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The Opioid System and Food Intake: Homeostatic and Hedonic Mechanisms (2012)

Obes Facts 2012;5:196–207DOI:10.1159/000338163 Nogueiras R. · Romero-Picó A. · Vazquez M.J. · Novelle M.G. · López M. · Diéguez C. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela – Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain   Abstract Opioids are important in reward processes leading to addictive behavior such as self-administration […]

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Sweetened-Fat Intake Sensitizes Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid—Mediated Feeding Responses Elicited from the Nucleus Accumbens Shell (2013)

Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Jan 8. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.11.027. Published online 2013 Jan 8. doi:  10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.11.027 PMCID: PMC3885159 NIHMSID: NIHMS537768 Sarah Newman, Lindsay Pascal, Ken Sadeghian, and Brian A. Baldo The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Biol Psychiatry See commentary “Animal Models […]

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Hedonics Act in Unison with the Homeostatic System to Unconsciously Control Body Weight (2016)

Front Nutr. 2016; 3: 6. Published online 2016 Feb 15. doi:  10.3389/fnut.2016.00006 PMCID: PMC4753312 Heike Münzberg,1 Emily Qualls-Creekmore,1 Sangho Yu,1 Christopher D. Morrison,1 and Hans-Rudolf Berthoud1,* Introduction With the global obesity crisis continuing to take its toll, the demand for solutions has increased. The discussion about nature vs. nurture and biology vs. psychology has culminated […]

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Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition (2015)

Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2015 Nov;58:36-45. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.002. Morris MJ1, Beilharz JE2, Maniam J2, Reichelt AC3, Westbrook RF4. Abstract Changes in food composition and availability have contributed to the dramatic increase in obesity over the past 30-40 years in developed and, increasingly, in developing countries. The brain plays a critical role in regulating energy balance. Some […]

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Altered Feeding Patterns in Rats Exposed to a Palatable Cafeteria Diet: Increased Snacking and Its Implications for Development of Obesity (2013)

PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e60407. Published online 2013 Apr 2. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0060407 PMCID: PMC3614998 Sarah I. Martire,1 Nathan Holmes,1 R. Fred Westbrook,1 and Margaret J. Morris2,* Mihai Covasa, Editor Abstract Background Rats prefer energy-rich foods over chow and eat them to excess. The pattern of eating elicited by this diet is unknown. We used the […]

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Stress-Induced Locomotor Sensitization to Amphetamine in Adult, but not in Adolescent Rats, Is Associated with Increased Expression of DeltaFosB in the Nucleus Accumbens (2016)

Front Behav Neurosci. 2016; 10: 173. Published online 2016 Sep 12. doi:  10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00173 PMCID: PMC5018519 Paulo E. Carneiro de Oliveira,1 Rodrigo M. Leão,1 Paula C. Bianchi,1,2 Marcelo T. Marin,1,2 Cleopatra da Silva Planeta,1,2 and Fábio C. Cruz1,* Abstract While clinical and pre-clinical evidence suggests that adolescence is a risk period for the development of addiction, […]

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Age 28 – More present, alert & creative. Sharper focus & memory. Depression/anxiety nonexistent. Greater motivation & energy. Love my gf even more

First of all I wanna say that thanks to others who posted on this forum, for the motivation and information that kept me going. Big thanks to the community. For people who starting/relapsing, Just so you know this is my first time/streak ever, I have never knew or heard or done nopmo/NoFap before in my […]

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Age 21 – Increased self confidence, I can speak to any girl with minimal shyness, I stopped objectifying women, I started seeking knowledge in many fields

Brief introduction of my history: I am 21 years old, college student, I have been watching P since 18 or 17 and before that i used to look at Porn images and pictures since 15 or 16. I had social anxiety (not very much), low self confidence, found it hard to talk to girls. I […]

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Young Porn Users Need Longer To Recover Their Mojo

Is streaming porn, delivered via tube-sites, rewiring adolescent sexuality? Around 2006-07, when guys first showed up at our website with chronic porn-related sexual performance problems, they generally recovered after about two months of no porn, masturbation or porn fantasy, and a minimum of orgasm. Most were computer wizards who had acquired high-speed Internet porn ahead […]

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