Spatiotemporal profile of altered neural reactivity to food images in obesity: Reward system is altered automatically and predicts efficacy of weight loss intervention [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionObesity presents a significant public health problem. Brain plays a central role in etiology and maintenance of obesity. Prior neuroimaging studies have found that individuals with obesity exhibit altered neural responses to images of food ...
Vahe Poghosyan +6 more
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Reward System Dysfunction and the Motoric-Cognitive Risk Syndrome in Older Persons [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2022 During aging, many physiological systems spontaneously change independent of the presence of chronic diseases. The reward system is not an exception and its dysfunction generally includes a reduction in dopamine and glutamate activities and the loss of ...
Fulvio Lauretani +7 more
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rTMS investigation of resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders: Efficacy of targeting the reward system [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 IntroductionRepetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is not only a therapeutic option but also an investigational tool to explore circuits and subjective dimensions in pathological conditions.
Michele Di Ponzio +9 more
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Evaluating the impact of employees’ perception of identity threat on knowledge sharing behavior during COVID-19: The mediation and moderation effect of social capital and reward system [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Quarantine policies introduced in the context of COVID-19 are affecting business operations and slowing down the flow rate of the overall economy. Different degrees and types of threats occur in both the living environment and the working environment ...
Michael Yao-Ping Peng +1 more
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Still Wanting to Win: Reward System Stability in Healthy Aging [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 Healthy aging is accompanied by multi-faceted changes. Especially within the brain, healthy aging exerts substantial impetus on core parts of cognitive and motivational networks. Rewards comprise basic needs, such as food, sleep, and social contact. Thus,
Laura Opitz +14 more
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Reward system neurodynamics during menstrual pain modulated by COMT Val158Met polymorphisms [PDF]
Frontiers in Molecular NeuroscienceIntroductionPrimary dysmenorrhea (PDM), characterized by cyclic pain, may involve pain modulation within the reward system (RS). The Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism, which significantly influences dopamine activity, is linked ...
Pei-Shan Hsu +23 more
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Individual dynamics of daily life functioning of reward system can predict future level of depressive symptoms [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction The reward system regulates the processes that motivate people to pursue evolutionary beneficial stimuli. Effective functioning of the reward system can protect against the development of anhedonia. In the daily life, the reward system can
A. Kuranova +4 more
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PARS: Privacy-Aware Reward System for Mobile Crowdsensing Systems. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2021 Zhang Z, Yum DH, Shin M.
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is one of the most prevalent mental disorders worldwide. Considering the widespread occurrence of AUD, a reliable, cheap, non-invasive biomarker of alcohol consumption is desired by healthcare providers, clinicians, researchers,
Edward A. Mead +19 more
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CB2 Receptor Involvement in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Biomolecules, 2021 The pharmacological modulation of the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2r) has emerged as a promising potential therapeutic option in addiction. The purpose of this review was to determine the functional involvement of CB2r in the effects produced by drugs of ...
Francisco Navarrete +4 more
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