Human Striatal Response to Salient Nonrewarding Stimuli (2003)

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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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sympatho-adreno-medullary responses during stress-induced and drug cue-induced cocaine craving states (2003)

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2003 Oct;170(1):62-72. Epub 2003 Jul 4. Sinha R1, Talih M, Malison R, Cooney N, Anderson GM, Kreek MJ. Abstract RATIONALE: Environmental stimuli associated with cocaine are known to elicit drug craving and increase the likelihood of relapse. However, the psychobiological changes that occur with exposure to these stimuli and in episodes of drug […]

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The false organic–psychogenic distinction and related problems in the classification of erectile dysfunction (2013)

International Journal of Impotence Research (2003) 15, 72–78. doi:10.1038/sj.ijir.3900952 Benjamin D Sachs1 1University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA Correspondence: BD Sachs, PhD, Department of Psychology, U-1020, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1020, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Received 8 August 2002; Accepted 16 September 2002. Top of page Abstract The traditional distinction between organic and psychogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) was maintained in […]

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Hormonal and Dietary Characteristics in Obese Human Subjects with and without Food Addiction (2014)

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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Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love (2011)

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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Dynamic subcortical blood flow during male sexual activity with ecological validity: a perfusion fMRI study (2010)

Neuroimage. 2010 Mar;50(1):208-16. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.034. Epub 2009 Dec 16. Georgiadis JR1, Farrell MJ, Boessen R, Denton DA, Gavrilescu M, Kortekaas R, Renken RJ, Hoogduin JM, Egan GF. Abstract This study used arterial spin labeling (ASL) fMRI to measure brain perfusion in a group of healthy men under conditions that closely resembled customary sexual behavior. Serial […]

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Time-course analysis of the neuroanatomical correlates of sexual arousal evoked by erotic video stimuli in healthy males (2010)

Korean J Radiol. 2010 May-Jun;11(3):278-85. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.3.278. Epub 2010 Apr 29. Sundaram T1, Jeong GW, Kim TH, Kim GW, Baek HS, Kang HK. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the dynamic activations of the key brain areas associated with the time-course of the sexual arousal evoked by visual sexual stimuli in healthy male subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: […]

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Cafeteria diet impairs expression of sensory-specific satiety and stimulus-outcome learning (2014)

LAY ARTICLE ABOUT THE STUDY Front Psychol. 2014; 5: 852. Published online 2014 Aug 27. doi:  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00852 PMCID: PMC4146395 Amy C. Reichelt,1,2,* Margaret J. Morris,1,* and R. F. Westbrook2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Abstract A range of animal and human data demonstrates that excessive consumption of palatable food […]

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Characteristics of Internet Addiction/Pathological Internet Use in U.S. University Students: A Qualitative-Method Investigation (2015)

PLoS One. 2015 Feb 3;10(2):e0117372. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117372. Li W1, O’Brien JE1, Snyder SM1, Howard MO1. Abstract Studies have identified high rates and severe consequences of Internet Addiction/Pathological Internet Use (IA/PIU) in university students. However, most research concerning IA/PIU in U.S. university students has been conducted within a quantitative research paradigm, and frequently fails to contextualize […]

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