The Prevalence of Food Addiction as Assessed by the Yale Food Addiction Scale: A Systematic Review (2014)

Nutrients. 2014 Oct 21;6(10):4552-4590. Kirrilly M. Pursey 1, Peter Stanwell 2, Ashley N. Gearhardt 3, Clare E. Collins 1 and Tracy L. Burrows 1,* 1 School of Health Sciences, Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; E-Mails: [email protected] (K.M.P.); [email protected] (C.E.C.) 2 School of Health Sciences, Priority […]

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Dopamine invigorates reward seeking by promoting cue-evoked excitation in the nucleus accumbens (2014)

J Neurosci. 2014 Oct 22;34(43):14349-64. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3492-14.2014. du Hoffmann J1, Nicola SM2. Abstract Approach to reward is a fundamental adaptive behavior, disruption of which is a core symptom of addiction and depression. Nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine is required for reward-predictive cues to activate vigorous reward seeking, but the underlying neural mechanism is unknown. Reward-predictive cues […]

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Age 22 – (HOCD) 4 Months of NoFap- social anxiety gone + Strange arousal from women?

I’m a 22 y/o male virgin and I’ve been nofap for four months. I’ve noticed this bizarre attraction of women towards me now. Short backstory on me – been pmo’ing since 12, hardcore since 16,lost drive to live and have sex. Never asked a girl out, afraid of rejection. Saw an article on NoFap and […]

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Irrational Choice under Uncertainty Correlates with Lower Striatal D2/3 Receptor Binding in Rats (2012)

  Paul J. Cocker1, Katherine Dinelle2, Rick Kornelson2, Vesna Sossi2,3, and Catharine A. Winstanley1 Author contributions: V.S. and C.A.W. designed research; P.J.C., K.D., and R.K. performed research; P.J.C., K.D., and C.A.W. analyzed data; P.J.C. and C.A.W. wrote the paper. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31 October 2012, 32(44): 15450-15457; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0626-12.2012 Next Section Abstract Individual differences […]

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