Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior Volume 153, February 2017, Pages 182–190 Peter J. Rogers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2017.01.001 Highlights Neurobehavioral similarities between appetites for drugs and foods are to be expected. Drugs of abuse have more potent effects than do foods. Everyday excessive eating is not well characterised as food addiction. Recurrent overconsumption of energy dense foods better explains […]
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Day 100 mark hit yesterday, on Christmas. I’d almost completely forgotten I was this many days in already. Benefits? Well, to start with the clarity, I no longer feel this weird mental fog I used to feel everywhere I went. During workouts, school, etc. I just felt this weird cluttered feeling in my head. Couldn’t […]
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Brain Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 Sep 2. Brain Res. 2010 Sep 2; 1350: 43–64. Published online 2010 Apr 11. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.003 PMCID: PMC2913163 NIHMSID: NIHMS197191 Kent C. Berridge, Chao-Yi Ho, Jocelyn M. Richard, and Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio Abstract What we eat, when and how much, all are influenced by brain reward mechanisms […]
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Appetite. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 10. Appetite. 2010 Dec; 55(3): 734–737. Published online 2010 Sep 16. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.09.010 PMCID: PMC4354886 NIHMSID: NIHMS669566 Nicole M. Avena Abstract This review summarizes evidence of “food addiction” using animal models of binge eating. In our model of sucrose bingeing, behavioral components of addiction are demonstrated and […]
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Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Jul 14. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2009 Jul 14; 97(5): 551–560. Published online 2009 Mar 27. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.020 PMCID: PMC2734415 NIHMSID: NIHMS127696 Eric Stice, Sonja Spoor, Janet Ng, and David H. Zald Abstract This report reviews findings from studies that have investigated […]
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J Abnorm Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 May 13. J Abnorm Psychol. 2008 Nov; 117(4): 924–935. doi: 10.1037/a0013600 PMCID: PMC2681092 NIHMSID: NIHMS100845 Eric Stice and Sonja Spoor Oregon Research Institute Cara Bohon Department of Psychology, University of Oregon Marga Veldhuizen and Dana Small J.B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University Abstract We tested the hypothesis […]
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Neuroscience. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 12. Neuroscience. 2008 Oct 28; 156(4): 865–871. Published online 2008 Aug 22. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.017 PMCID: PMC4357519 NIHMSID: NIHMS669569 N. M. AVENA,a P. RADA,a,b and B. G. HOEBELa,* Abstract The present study tested whether rats release more accumbens dopamine (DA) during a sugar binge when they are underweight […]
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Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 10. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2008 Jun 9; 94(3): 309–315. Published online 2008 Jan 16. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.008 PMCID: PMC4354893 NIHMSID: NIHMS669562 Nicole M. Avena, Miriam E. Bocarsly, Pedro Rada, Agnes Kim, and Bartley G. Hoebel* Abstract Bingeing on sugar may activate neural […]
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Nutrition Reviews Volume 73, Issue 5 Pp. 296 – 307 Miguel Alonso-Alonso, Stephen C. Woods, Marcia Pelchat, Patricia Sue Grigson, Eric Stice, Sadaf Farooqi, Chor San Khoo, Richard D. Mattes, Gary K. Beauchamp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuv002 First published online: 9 April 2015 Abstract This article reviews current research and cross-disciplinary perspectives on the neuroscience of food […]
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Last week there was a comment made by a forum member here that bothered me a lot. He said: I know i will get hate for this but anyway, I must enlighten some of you. Most of the people on here will never fully quit PMO or make it past 100 days. I know people […]
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