Dopamine ups and downs in vulnerability to addictions: a neurodevelopmental model (2014)

Trends Pharmacol Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jun 1. Published in final edited form as: Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2014 Jun; 35(6): 268–276. Published online 2014 Apr 30. doi:  10.1016/j.tips.2014.04.002 PMCID: PMC4041845 NIHMSID: NIHMS585222 Marco Leyton, Ph.D.1,2,3,4,* and Paul Vezina, Ph.D.5,6 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version […]

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(L) Recent studies link maternal obesity to child’s risk of mental and physical problems (2016)

Mom’s weight during pregnancy shapes baby’s health By Laura Beil  1:00pm, January 12, 2016 Obesity at conception or during pregnancy is a big problem that’s getting bigger: New evidence says a child’s mental health could be at stake. Magazine issue: Vol. 189, No. 2, January 23, 2016, p. 22 When Elinor Sullivan was a postdoctoral fellow […]

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Erotic stimulus processing under amisulpride and reboxetine: a placebo-controlled fMRI study in healthy subjects (2014)

Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Oct 31;18(2). pii: pyu004. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu004. Graf H1, Wiegers M2, Metzger CD2, Walter M2, Grön G2, Abler B2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Impaired sexual function is increasingly recognized as a side effect of psychopharmacological treatment. However, underlying mechanisms of action of the different drugs on sexual processing are still to be explored. Using […]

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Dopaminergic reward sensitivity can promote adolescent health: A new perspective on the mechanism of ventral striatum activation (2016)

LINK TO STUDY Eva H. Telzera, b, c, , Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 17, February 2016, Pages 57–67 Abstract The prevailing view in the field of adolescent brain development is that heightened activity in the mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system serves as a liability, orienting adolescents toward risky behaviors, increasing their sensitivity to social evaluation and […]

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Developmental imaging genetics: linking dopamine function to adolescent behavior (2014)

Brain Cogn. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Aug 1. Published in final edited form as: Brain Cogn. 2014 Aug; 89: 27–38. Published online 2013 Oct 17. doi:  10.1016/j.bandc.2013.09.011 PMCID: PMC4226044 NIHMSID: NIHMS535184   Aarthi Padmanabhan1 and Beatriz Luna1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article […]

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Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG): Association between its addiction, self-control and mental disorders among young people in Vietnam (20)

June 19, 2012, doi: 10.1177/0020764012445861 Int J Soc Psychiatry September 2013 vol. 59 no. 6 570-577   Dinh Thai Son1 Junko Yasuoka2 Krishna C. Poudel2 Keiko Otsuka2 Masamine Jimba2 1Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, Hanoi, Vietnam 2Department of Community and Global Health, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan […]

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A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [(11)C](+)PHNO (2015)

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Sep 1;154:167-73. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.039. Epub 2015 Jun 30. Matuskey D1, Gaiser EC2, Gallezot JD3, Angarita GA4, Pittman B4, Nabulsi N3, Ropchan J3, MaCleod P4, Cosgrove KP2, Ding YS5, Potenza MN6, Carson RE3, Malison RT4. Abstract BACKGROUND: Previous work in healthy non-human primates and humans has shown that social status correlates positively […]

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Decreased functional connectivity between ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in Internet gaming disorder: evidence from resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (2015)

Behav Brain Funct. 2015 Nov 18;11(1):37. Zhang JT1,2, Ma SS3, Yip SW4, Wang LJ5, Chen C6, Yan CG7,8,9, Liu L10, Liu B11, Deng LY12, Liu QX13, Fang XY14,15. Abstract BACKGROUND: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has become an increasing mental health problem worldwide. Decreased resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) between the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the […]

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60 days and everything is true: The stares, the heightened mental state, the security when you speak

The stares, the heightened mental state, the security when you speak, etc. The thing is that you need to work for all of that: Instead of watching porn videos, you hit the gym EVERY DAY. Instead of watching porn videos, you STUDY. You get the point, The key is to CHANGE your bad habits with […]

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