Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Factors Among Medical Students From Mashhad, Iran in 2013 (2014)

Iran Red Crescent Med J. May 2014; 16(5): e17256. Published online May 5, 2014. doi:  10.5812/ircmj.17256 PMCID: PMC4082516 Maryam Salehi,1,2 Mina Norozi Khalili,1 Seyed Kaveh Hojjat,3,4,* Mahta Salehi,5 and Ali Danesh5 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background: Problematic internet use is on the increase and has […]

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The Evolution of Sexual Dysfunction in Young Men Aged 18-25 Years (2014)

J Adolesc Health. 2014 Jul 15. pii: S1054-139X(14)00237-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.05.014. Akre C1, Berchtold A2, Gmel G3, Suris JC2. Abstract PURPOSE: To assess the evolution of sexual dysfunctions among young males after an average of 15 months follow-up to determine the predictive factors for this evolution and the characteristics differentiating young males who continue reporting a sexual […]

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Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals with and without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours (2014)

Comments: The long-awaited Voon study highlighted in the UK documentary “Porn on the Brain” is finally out. As expected, Cambridge University researchers found that compulsive porn users react to porn cues in the same way that drug addicts react to drug cues. But there’s more. Compulsive porn users craved porn (greater wanting), but did not […]

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Cambridge University Study: Internet porn addiction mirrors drug addiction (Voon et al., 2014)

Updates: Many more neurological studies. This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal) providing strong support for the addiction model. This list contains 30 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists in the world, supporting the porn addiction model. (This dated paper was not a literature review […]

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The neural basis of video gaming (2011) – Found larger nucleus accumbens

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 14;9(3):e91506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091506. eCollection 2014. S Kühn,1,2,3,* A Romanowski,2 C Schilling,2 R Lorenz,2 C Mörsen,2 N Seiferth,2 T Banaschewski,4 A Barbot,5 G J Barker,6 C Büchel,7 P J Conrod,6 J W Dalley,8,9 H Flor,10 H Garavan,11 B Ittermann,3 K Mann,12 J-L Martinot,13,14 T Paus,15,16,17 M Rietschel,18 M N Smolka,19,20 A Ströhle,1 […]

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BMI Modulates Calorie-Dependent Dopamine Changes in Accumbens from Glucose Intake (2014)

PLoS One. 2014 Jul 7;9(7):e101585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101585. Wang GJ1, Tomasi D1, Convit A2, Logan J3, Wong CT1, Shumay E1, Fowler JS4, Volkow ND1. Abstract Objective Dopamine mediates the rewarding effects of food that can lead to overeating and obesity, which then trigger metabolic neuroadaptations that further perpetuate excessive food consumption. We tested the hypothesis that […]

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Opiate-Induced Molecular and Cellular Plasticity of Ventral Tegmental Area and Locus Coeruleus Catecholamine Neurons (2012)

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012 Jul;2(7):a012070. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012070. Michelle S. Mazei-Robison and Eric J. Nestler + Author Affiliations Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 Correspondence: [email protected] Next Section Abstract The study of neuronal adaptations induced by opiate drugs is particularly relevant today […]

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Getting a grip on problem gambling: what can neuroscience tell us? (2014)

Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8: 141. Published online May 20, 2014. doi:  10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00141 PMCID: PMC4033022 Anna E. Goudriaan,1,* Murat Yücel,2 and Ruth J. van Holst1,3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract In problem gamblers, diminished cognitive control and increased impulsivity is present compared to healthy controls. Moreover, […]

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