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Introduction to Behavioral Addictions (2010)

Behavioral addictions, such as pornography addiction, alter the brain
COMMENTS: A great overview of behavioral addictions. The theme is that substance and behavioral addictions share the same underlying neurological pathways, mechanisms, and behaviors.

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(L) Addictive Research: CREB (2007)

20 years ago, scientists got hooked on a single transcription factor that responds to a number of drugs of abuse. Will their work lead to treatments?

Effects of porn addiction are due to changes in nerve cells By Kerry Grens

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Forum members ask their urologists about ejaculation frequency

Myths about prostate health get in the way of overcoming pornography addiction Here’s what forum members learned when they asked their urologists whether they need to ejaculate frequently to protect prostate health:

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If I have ED, don’t I need to “use it or lose it?”

There’s a strong meme out there that says, “Use it or lose it,” and when people have used porn heavily enough to squelch their erections, they fear to stop masturbating, thinking their lack of responsiveness will get worse. Or they think they need to “remind” their penises what to do by using porn to achieve […]

A D2 Antagonist Enhances the Rewarding and Priming Effects of a Gambling Episode in Pathological Gamblers (2007)

Understanding the causes of pornography addiction Neuropsychopharmacology (2007) 32, 1678–1686; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301295; published online 3 January 2007, Martin Zack1,2,3 and Constantine X Poulos4, Correspondence: Dr M Zack, Clinical Neuroscience Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2S1.

ABSTRACT
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Predicting Compulsive Internet Use: It’s All About Sex! (2006)

On the Internet erotica is most likely to cause addiction Comments: As the conclusion states, erotica has the highest potential for ‘compulsive use.’ That’s code for ‘addiction.’

Meerkerk GJ, Van Den Eijnden RJ, Garretsen HF.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Feb;9(1):95-103. IVO, Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]

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(L) A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task (2009)

Porn's effects on the brain are due to dopamine Comments: One of the better articles about dopamine.

By NATALIE ANGIER, New York Times

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Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use (2010)

Pornography cybersex addiction is one form of Internet addiction Aviv Weinstein, Ph.D. and Michel Lejoyeux, Ph.D.,The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Early Online:1–7, 2010

Excerpts from full study

INTRODUCTION
Problem Definition
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(L) How Drug Addictions, Unhealthy Food Cravings are Similar (2010)

Can’t stop devouring junk food?

Supernormal versions of food and sex can cause brain changes, which helps explain porn addiction How drug addictions, unhealthy food cravings are similar
By: Victoria Stern 04/29/10
Examiner Columnist

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(L) Sugar Can Be Addictive: Animal Studies Show Sugar Dependence (2008)

One cause of porn addiction is dopamine dysregulation COMMENTS: Study shows that a natural reinforcer – sugar – can cause the same effects as an addictive drug: dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal. Sugar caused changes in dopamine function—that is, dopamine dysregulation.

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