Gray matter and white matter abnormalities in online game addiction (2013)

Eur J Radiol. 2013 Mar 4. pii: S0720-048X(13)00073-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.01.031. Weng CB, Qian RB, Fu XM, Lin B, Han XP, Niu CS, Wang YH. Source Department of Neurosurgery, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, 17 Lujiang Road, Hefei, Ahui Province 230001, China; School of Neurosurgery, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishang Road, Hefei, Anhui […]

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Common cellular and molecular mechanisms in obesity and drug addiction (2011)

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 12, 638-651 (November 2011) | doi:10.1038/nrn3105 Paul J. Kenny1  About the author Abstract The hedonic properties of food can stimulate feeding behaviour even when energy requirements have been met, contributing to weight gain and obesity. Similarly, the hedonic effects of drugs of abuse can motivate their excessive intake, culminating in addiction. Common […]

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The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Modern Day Pornography (2013)

From reddit/nofap  – link The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Modern Day Pornography  When being close with another girl, I started noticing how porn had affected my sex life….I no longer feel anything during sex. I imagine I am in a porn scene… and whenever I get rid of my concentration for a while, I […]

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The Addicted Synapse: Mechanisms of Synaptic and Structural Plasticity in Nucleus Accumbens (2010)

Trends Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 June 1.Published in final edited form as: Trends Neurosci. 2010 June; 33(6): 267–276. Published online 2010 March 5. doi:  10.1016/j.tins.2010.02.002 Scott J. Russo,1,* David M. Dietz,1 Dani Dumitriu,1 Robert C. Malenka,2 and Eric J. Nestler1                         See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: […]

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