Impact of videogame play on the brain’s microstructural properties: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses (2016)

Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication 5 January 2016; doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.193 H Takeuchi1, Y Taki1,2,3, H Hashizume4, K Asano5, M Asano6, Y Sassa1, S Yokota1, Y Kotozaki7, R Nouchi8 and R Kawashima2,9,10 1Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 2Division of Medical Neuroimaging Analysis, Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 3Department of Nuclear […]

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Internet addiction (2015)

Nihon Rinsho. 2015 Sep;73(9):1559-66. [Article in Japanese] Nakayama H, Higuchi S. Abstract Internet technologies have made a rapid progress, bringing convenience to daily life. On the other hand, internet use disorder and internet addiction (IA) have become reportedly serious health and social problems. In 2013, internet gaming disorder criteria have been proposed in the section […]

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Prevalence of erectile dysfunction: a systematic review of population-based studies (2002)

Int J Impot Res. 2002 Dec;14(6):422-32. Prins J1, Blanker MH, Bohnen AM, Thomas S, Bosch JL. Abstract A systematic review was conducted on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in the general population. Studies were retrieved which reported prevalence rates of ED in the general population. Using a specially developed criteria list, the methodological quality […]

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CELIBACY SYNDROME IN JAPAN – CULTURE SPECIFIC. PHENOMENON AND CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS (2015)

Skowronski, D. P.1; Kobayashi, M.1; Waszynska, K.2; Kowalczyk, R.3; Kowalczyk, R.3 1Temple University Japan Campus, Tokyo, Japan; 2Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna#, Poland; 3Warszawa, Poland Objective: Ivestigate the reasons for the sexual abstinence among young women and men. So called “celibacy syndrome” in young people is raising concern over the future of the Japanese society. According […]

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Dopamine D1 receptor modulates hippocampal representation plasticity to spatial novelty (2008)

J Neurosci. 2008 Dec 10;28(50):13390-400. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2680-08.2008. Tran AH1, Uwano T, Kimura T, Hori E, Katsuki M, Nishijo H, Ono T. Abstract The human hippocampus is critical for learning and memory. In rodents, hippocampal pyramidal neurons fire in a location-specific manner, forming relational representations of environmental cues. The importance of glutamatergic systems in learning and […]

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Hatching the behavioral addiction egg: Reward Deficiency Solution System as a function of dopaminergic neurogenetics and brain functional connectivity linking all addictions under a common rubric (2014)

J Behav Addict. 2014 Sep; 3(3): 149–156. Published online 2014 Aug 26. doi:  10.1556/JBA.3.2014.019 KENNETH BLUM,1,3,7,* MARCELO FEBO,1 THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN,2 FRANS J. CRONJÉ,8 DAVID HAN,9 and S. MARK GOLD1,3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background: Following the first association between the dopamine D2 receptor gene polymorphism […]

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