I recently reached 90 days. I know Gary said this is kind of an arbitrary number, but I still think its a good time to at least note progress. Let me try to keep this short. Major events: Around day 5: steel rod. Around day 9: flu like symptoms, gone within 24 hours. Still don’t […]
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COMMENTS: This is a slightly easier article based on this review – FULL STUDY – from the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 44 (2), 134–143, 2012, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC J Psychoactive Drugs. 2012 Apr-Jun;44(2):134-43. Blum K1, Chen AL, Giordano J, Borsten J, Chen TJ, Hauser M, Simpatico T, Femino J, Braverman ER, Barh […]
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June 11th, 2012 in Neuroscience Scientists studying the Chinese mindfulness meditation known as integrative body-mind training (IBMT) say they’ve confirmed and expanded their findings onchanges in structural efficiency of white matter in the brain that can be related to positive behavioral changes in subjects practicing the technique regularly for a month. In a paper appearing […]
FULL STUDY scicurious explanation – For Stress Resiliance, thank DeltaFosB Nat Neurosci. 2010 June; 13(6): 745–752. Published online 2010 May 16. doi: 10.1038/nn.2551 Vincent Vialou,1 Alfred J. Robison,1,* Quincey C. LaPlant,1,* Herb E. Covington, III,1 David M. Dietz,1 Yoshinori N. Ohnishi,1 Ezekiell Mouzon,1 Augustus J. Rush, III,2 Emily L. Watts,1 Deanna L. Wallace,2,§ Sergio D. Iniguez,3 […]
FULL STUDY Synapse. 2008 May;62(5):358-69. Perrotti LI, Weaver RR, Robison B, Renthal W, Maze I, Yazdani S, Elmore RG, Knapp DJ, Selley DE, Martin BR, Sim-Selley L, Bachtell RK, Self DW, Nestler EJ. Source Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9070, USA. Abstract The transcription factor DeltaFosB accumulates and […]
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by Keoni Galt I have a very good memory despite years of constantly bombarding my brain with mind and mood altering substances. I’ve always thought I had a good memory, but now I know for certain that my memory is better than most people. I’m now approaching an age for which many of the folks […]
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Han DH, Bolo N, Daniels MA, Arenella L, Lyoo IK, Renshaw PF. Compr Psychiatry. 2011 Jan-Feb;52(1):88-95. Source Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul 104-757, South Korea. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have suggested that the brain circuitry mediating cue-induced desire for video games is similar to that elicited by cues related to […]
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Cette présentation n’est pas un discours contre la pornographie. Elle a été crée pour toutes les personnes qui sont tombées dans la pornographie. Seul vous êtes en mesure de décider si vous l’êtes ou pas. Je n’aurais jamais imaginé que je aurais fait un exposé sur la pornographie sur Internet. Je suis pour la liberté […]
Comments: Study reveals both sensitization and hypofrontality in obese individuals. Both are hallmarks of addiction-related brain changes,. Link to article Glucose metabolism of the caudate nucleus in the midbrain (A) was significantly higher in obese versus lean individuals (B). In most western countries the annual increase in the prevalence and the severity of obesity is […]
ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2011) — The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. That may seem like an obvious conclusion, but a new study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is the first to show this […]