FULL STUDY Synapse. 2008 May;62(5):358-69. Perrotti LI, Weaver RR, Robison B, Renthal W, Maze I, Yazdani S, Elmore RG, Knapp DJ, Selley DE, Martin BR, Sim-Selley L, Bachtell RK, Self DW, Nestler EJ. Source Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9070, USA. Abstract The transcription factor DeltaFosB accumulates and […]
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by Keoni Galt I have a very good memory despite years of constantly bombarding my brain with mind and mood altering substances. I’ve always thought I had a good memory, but now I know for certain that my memory is better than most people. I’m now approaching an age for which many of the folks […]
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COMMENTS: a review by the top researcher on obesity and food addiction. FULL STUDY Volume 69, Issue 4, 24 February 2011, Pages 664–679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.016, Review Paul J. Kenny1, , 1 Laboratory of Behavioral and Molecular Neuroscience, Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA ________________________________________ Food is consumed in order to maintain […]
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COMMENTS: A unique study. It follows first year university students to ascertain what percentage develop Internet addiction, and what risk factors may be in play. The unique aspect is that the research subjects had not used the Internet prior to enrolling in college. Hard to believe. After only one year of school, a small percentage were classified […]
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COMMENTS: Eric Nestler lays out much of the detail about DeltaFosB and addiction. (More has since been discovered.) Simply put, DeltaFosB rises in the reward circuit in response to chronic consumption of drugs of abuse and certain natural rewards. Its evolutionary purpose is to have you get it while the getting is good (food and sex) […]
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COMMENTS: As later studies will reveal DeltaFosB is the common molecular switch for both drug and behavioral addictions. It’s a transcription factor which means it affects what genes are turned on or off. As stated elsewhere, addictive drugs only hijack normal mechanisms. That’s why it’s silly to suggest that behavioral addictions cannot exist. FULL STUDY […]
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Han DH, Bolo N, Daniels MA, Arenella L, Lyoo IK, Renshaw PF. Compr Psychiatry. 2011 Jan-Feb;52(1):88-95. Source Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul 104-757, South Korea. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have suggested that the brain circuitry mediating cue-induced desire for video games is similar to that elicited by cues related to […]
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Curious about Internet porn? Ask an addiction specialist. Spoiler alert: We’re in favor of free speech, aren’t working to ban porn, and have little tolerance for Santorum’s politics. Nor are we religious. That said, it’s good that Ricky baby moved the Internet porn addiction debate into the spotlight. There are important new developments in the […]
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COMMENTS: Study examined reward circuitry dopamine transporter levels in Internet addicts (IAD). Levels were compared to a control group whose members also used the Internet. Levels of dopamine transporters in subjects with Internet addiction were comparable to those with drug addiction. A decline in dopamine transporters is a hallmark of addictions. It indicates a loss […]
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COMMENTS: 12.5 % of high scholl students were found to were identified as problematic Internet users (PIUs). FULL STUDY with tables. PLoS One. 2011; 6(5): e19660. Published online 2011 May 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019660 Copyright Wang et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, […]
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