Overexpression of DeltaFosB in nucleus accumbens mimics the protective addiction phenotype, but not the protective depression phenotype of environmental enrichment (2014)

Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8: 297. Published online Aug 29, 2014. doi:  10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00297 PMCID: PMC4148937 Yafang Zhang,1 Elizabeth J. Crofton,1 Dingge Li,1 Mary Kay Lobo,2 Xiuzhen Fan,1 Eric J. Nestler,3 and Thomas A. Green1,* Abstract Environmental enrichment produces protective addiction and depression phenotypes in rats. ΔFosB is a transcription factor that regulates reward in the […]

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Greater corticolimbic activation to high-calorie food cues after eating in obese vs. normal-weight adults (2012)

Appetite. 2012 Feb;58(1):303-12. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.10.014. Dimitropoulos A1, Tkach J, Ho A, Kennedy J. Abstract The goal of this research is to identify the neural response to rewarding food cues before and after eating in overweight/obese (OB) and normal-weight (NW) adults. Based on the previous literature, we expected greater differential activation to food cues vs. objects […]

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Abnormal gray matter and white matter volume in ‘Internet gaming addicts’

Addict Behav. 2014 Sep 16;40C:137-143. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.09.010. Lin X1, Dong G2, Wang Q1, Du X3. Abstract Internet gaming addiction (IGA) is usually defined as the inability of an individual to control his/her use of the Internet with serious negative consequences. It is becoming a prevalent mental health concern around the world. To understand whether Internet […]

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Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (2014)

Citation: Loh KK, Kanai R (2014) Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex. PLoS ONE 9(9): e106698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106698 Abstract Media multitasking, or the concurrent consumption of multiple media forms, is increasingly prevalent in today’s society and has been associated with negative psychosocial and cognitive impacts. Individuals who […]

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