Scientists reduce behaviors associated with problem gambling in rats By PressRelease, | Science | 0 Comments With the help of a rat casino, University of British Columbia brain researchers have successfully reduced behaviours in rats that are commonly associated with compulsive gambling in humans. The study, which featured the first successful modeling of slot machine-style […]
J Addict Med. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 March 1. Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2012 March; 6(1): 29–34. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182251a28 Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D.,1 Bradley A. Green, Ph.D.,2 Lisa J. Merlo, Ph.D., M.P.E.,3,4 Alexis Polles, M.D.,5 Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D.,6 and Mark S. Gold, M.D.3 Author information ► Copyright and […]
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Comments; Not only did grey matter in the frontal cortex return to normal in abstinent cocaine addicts – it eventually bypassed the levels of those who had never been addicted. Amazing. Published: Mar 18, 2013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059645 Colm G. Connolly, Ryan P. Bell,, John J. Foxe, Hugh Garavan Abstract Extensive evidence indicates that current and […]
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Scientists reduce behaviours associated with problem gambling in rats October 29, 2013 A UBC study involving a “rat casino” may shed light on compulsive gambling behaviours in humans. With the help of a rat casino, University of British Columbia brain researchers have successfully reduced behaviours in rats that are commonly associated with compulsive gambling in […]
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PLoS One. 2013 Oct 16;8(10):e75914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075914. Irvine MA, Worbe Y, Bolton S, Harrison NA, Bullmore ET, Voon V. Source Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Abstract Background Pathological gaming is an emerging and poorly understood problem. Impulsivity is commonly impaired in disorders of behavioural and substance addiction, hence we sought to […]
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Neuropharmacology. 2011 December; 61(7): 1109–1122. Published online 2011 April 1. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.03.010 PMCID: PMC3139704 NIHMSID: NIHMS287046 Christopher M. Olsen, Ph.D.1,2,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuropharmacology See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: Abstract There is […]
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Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;166(6):702-10. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08081201. Epub 2009 May 1. Pizzagalli DA, Holmes AJ, Dillon DG, Goetz EL, Birk JL, Bogdan R, Dougherty DD, Iosifescu DV, Rauch SL, Fava M. Source Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 1220 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: Major depressive disorder is characterized […]
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