PLoS ONE, 2012 Self-expanding experiences like falling in love or engaging in novel, exciting and interesting activities activate the same brain reward mechanism (mesolimbic dopamine pathway) that reinforces drug use and abuse, including tobacco smoking.
Xiaomeng Xu +5 more
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The effects of stimulants on eating patterns in children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [PDF]
, 2019 Objectives. This study aims to evaluate the effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on eating patterns and body mass index (BMI) in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Akay, Aynur Pekcanlar, Turan, Serkan
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Necessity for research directed at stimulant type and treatment-onset age to access the impact of medication on drug abuse vulnerability in teenagers with ADHD [PDF]
, 2016 Controversy continues regarding increased vulnerability for addiction to cocaine and other drugs of abuse in adulthood following the use of stimulant medications for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Dwoskin, Linda P., Kantak, Kathleen M.
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An Examination of Motivation to Change and Neural Alcohol Cue Reactivity Following a Brief Intervention. [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Brief interventions represent a promising psychological intervention targeting individuals with heavy alcohol use. Motivation to change represents an individual's openness to engage in a behavior change strategy and is thought to be a crucial
Grodin, Erica N +4 more
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Mindfulness reduces reactivity to food cues: underlying mechanisms and applications in daily life [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose of Review: Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming increasingly popular as a means to facilitate healthy eating. We suggest that the decentering component of mindfulness, which is the metacognitive insight that all experiences are ...
Aarts, Henk +3 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionBidirectional translation between human and animal models of drug-predictive cue reactivity may accelerate biomarker and treatment development for substance use disorders.
Roberto U. Cofresí +1 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Studies utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) cue-reactivity paradigms have demonstrated that short-term abstinent or current methamphetamine (MA) users have increased brain activity in the ventral striatum, caudate nucleus and medial ...
Shucai Huang +11 more
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Effects of varenicline on sympatho-vagal balance and cue reactivity during smoking withdrawal: a randomised placebo-controlled trial [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Varenicline is an effective smoking cessation medication. Some concern has been raised that its use may precipitate adverse cardiovascular events although no patho-physiological mechanism potentially underlying such an effect has been ...
Andreas, S +7 more
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The effect of alcohol use on neuroimaging correlates of cognitive and emotional processing in human adolescence. [PDF]
, 2019 ObjectiveThis article provides an overview of the scientific literature pertaining to the effects of alcohol on neural correlates of cognitive and emotional functioning, including reward processing and cue-reactivity, in adolescence and young adulthood ...
Courtney, Kelly E +2 more
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Recent updates on incubation of drug craving: a mini-review [PDF]
, 2015 Cue-induced drug craving progressively increases after prolonged withdrawal from drug self-administration in laboratory animals, a behavioral phenomenon termed 'incubation of drug craving.' Studies over the years have revealed several important neural ...
Abdolahi +39 more
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