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The Art of Tricking the Brain Currently, we’re winning. There are about seven billion of us who roam this lonely rock. We’ve inhabited every continent, crossed every ocean, and developed the most intricate methods to extract natural resources from what we call home. None of this would have been possible without two of our most […]
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Addict Biol. 2013 Jan 24. doi: 10.1111/adb.12033. Blasio A, Steardo L, Sabino V, Cottone P. Source Laboratory of Addictive Disorders, Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Abstract Binge eating disorder is an addiction-like disorder characterized by excessive food consumption within discrete periods of time. This study was aimed […]
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Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 Apr 11. Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 811–818. Published online 2013 Jan 29. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.12.020 PMCID: PMC4827347 NIHMSID: NIHMS763035 Nora D. Volkow, Gene-Jack Wang, Dardo Tomasi, and Ruben D. Baler See commentary “Animal Models Lead the Way to Further Understanding […]
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Published online before print June 27, 2007, doi: 10.1152/jn.00230.2007 Dean Sabatinelli, Margaret M. Bradley, Peter J. Lang, Vincent D. Costa, and Francesco Versace + Author Affiliations National Institute of Mental Health Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: D. Sabatinelli, P.O. Box […]
COMMENTS: ‘Psychogenic ED’ refers to ED arising from the brain. It has often been referred to as ‘psychological ED.’ In contrast, ‘organic ED’ refers to ED at the level of the penis, such as plain old aging, or nerve and cardiovascular problems. This study found that psychogenic ED was strongly correlated with atrophy of the […]
The Journal of Neuroscience, 1 May 2001, 21(9): 3236-3241; Jill B. Becker1,2, Charles N. Rudick1, and William J. Jenkins1 + Author Affiliations 1 Psychology Department, and 2 Reproductive Sciences Program and Neuroscience Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Next Section Abstract Dopamine in dialysate from the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) increases […]
The Journal of Neuroscience, 1 September 1999, 19(17): 7648-7652; Daniel S. Lorrain, Jon V. Riolo, Leslie Matuszewich, and Elaine M. Hull + Author Affiliations 1 Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260 Next Section Abstract Dopamine (DA) is released in several brain areas, including the nucleus accumbens […]
Abstract Environmental enrichment (EE) reduces drug and sucrose cue-reactivity in rats. In a previous study we reported that 1 month of EE (large cage, toys, and social cohorts) significantly reduced sucrose cue-reactivity. In the present study, we examined whether overnight (22 h) EE would be as effective. We also examined whether social enrichment (SE), enrichment […]
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