The neurobiology of pathological gambling and drug addiction an overview and new findings (2008)
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0100 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 12 October 2008 vol. 363 no. 1507 3181-3189, Marc N Potenza
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(L) Addictive Research: CREB (2007)
20 years ago, scientists got hooked on a single transcription factor that responds to a number of drugs of abuse. Will their work lead to treatments?
By Kerry Grens
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What about ED drugs (Viagra, Cialis) and porn-induced ED?
At best, drugs like Viagra and Cialis will mask your impotence problem temporarily. They don’t “cure” anything. They only address symptoms, and they only do so for a matter of hours. Consider this man’s story:
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Forum members ask their urologists about ejaculation frequency
Here’s what forum members learned when they asked their urologists whether they need to ejaculate frequently to protect prostate health:
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If I have ED, don’t I need to “use it or lose it?”
There’s a strong meme out there that says, “Use it or lose it,” and when people have used porn heavily enough to squelch their erections, they fear to stop masturbating, thinking their lack of responsiveness will get worse. Or they think they need to “remind” their penises what to do by using porn to achieve […]
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Drug Addiction as a Pathology of Staged Neuroplasticity (2007)
Neuropsychopharmacology (2008) 33, 166–180; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301564; published online 5 September 2007
Full Study: Drug Addiction as a Pathology of Staged Neuroplasticity
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A D2 Antagonist Enhances the Rewarding and Priming Effects of a Gambling Episode in Pathological Gamblers (2007)
Neuropsychopharmacology (2007) 32, 1678–1686; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301295; published online 3 January 2007, Martin Zack1,2,3 and Constantine X Poulos4, Correspondence: Dr M Zack, Clinical Neuroscience Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2S1.
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(L) Sugar Can Be Addictive: Animal Studies Show Sugar Dependence (2008)
COMMENTS: Study shows that a natural reinforcer – sugar – can cause the same effects as an addictive drug: dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal. Sugar caused changes in dopamine function—that is, dopamine dysregulation.
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Age 20 – (ED) Five-week report
I started porn use pretty young, like most of you here probably did. I wanted to watch a band concert on a video my bro had. Needless to say, it wasn’t the band I expected. From here my habit continued for years, until I met my first girlfriend. I stayed free from porn whilst I […]
Age 19 – ED: My one-month report
I started masturbating at the age of 14. Some periods were…interesting. I could masturbate 4 times a day at the “interesting” periods which could last for a week. In any case, I masturbated at least once a day. Whenever I was abroad or not in the house, I did not masturbate. Those days were pain. I had erections all the time…
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