The Impact of Pornography on Children. American College of Pediatricians (October 2015)

Comment: The American College of Pediatricians is speaking out about the harms of pornography use for young patients. ABSTRACT: The availability and use of pornography has become almost ubiquitous among adults and adolescents.  Consumption of pornography is associated with many negative emotional, psychological, and physical health outcomes. These include increased rates of depression, anxiety, acting […]

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Animal Studies of Addictive Behavior (2015)

Published in Advance December 18, 2012, doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a011932 Copyright © 2013 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren1,2 and Serge H. Ahmed3 + Author Affiliations 1Department of Animals in Science and Society, Division of Behavioural Neuroscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands 2Rudolf Magnus Institute of […]

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Effect of Exercise Training on Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors in Methamphetamine Users during Behavioral Treatment (2015)

COMMENTS: 8 weeks of exercise significantly increased D2 receptors in meth addicts undergoing treatment. This supports the following: Exercise can help reverse desensitization even in meth addicts. D2 receptor levels are not set in stone: environment matters. Meth use seems to cause a drop in D2 receptors. As with #2 this refutes the “you born […]

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Effect of Exercise Training on Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors in Methamphetamine Users during Behavioral Treatment (2015)

COMMENTS: 8 weeks of exercise significantly increased D2 receptors in meth addicts undergoing treatment. This supports the following: Exercise can help reverse desensitization even in meth addicts. D2 receptor levels are not set in stone: environment matters. Meth use seems to cause a drop in D2 receptors. As with #2 this refutes the “you born […]

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A ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonist attenuates the rewarding properties of morphine and increases opioid peptide levels in reward areas in mice (2015)

Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2015 Oct 21. pii: S0924-977X(15)00329-6. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.10.004. Engel JA1, Nylander I2, Jerlhag E3. Abstract Gut-brain hormones such as ghrelin have recently been suggested to have a role in reward regulation. Ghrelin was traditionally known to regulate food intake and body weight homoeostasis. In addition, recent work has pin-pointed that this peptide has a […]

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