Introduction A method for delivering vaporized nicotine to animals has been developed
using e-cigarette devices. The present experiment was designed to measure the effects of e …

Similar to drugs of abuse, random-ratio reward schedules are highly motivating and, in
humans, are thought to foster gambling addiction. Animal gambling models, however, have …

Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by periods of excessive food intake combined
with subjective feelings of loss of control. We examined whether sucrose bingeing itself …

Sugar consumption is assumed to induce a behavioral state that is similar to the one
provoked by addictive substances. Drug withdrawal increases impulsivity, assessed by …

3Clinical Neuroscience & Population Genetics, Ministry of Science, Israel 4Department of
Nutrigenomics, LifeGen Inc, San Diego, California 5Department of Rehabilitative Medicine …

Background Environmental and behavioral interventions hold promise to reduce sugar-
sweetened beverage (SSBs) consumption. Purpose To test, among frequent SSB …

In the Americas, mean energy intake from added sugar exceeds recent World Health
Organization recommendations for free sugars in the diet. As a leading contributor to this …

There are indications that sugars in the diet can play a role in vulnerability to opioid abuse.
The current study examined a range of neuro-behavioural interactions between oxycodone …

Eating disorders overlap with substance use disorders and addictions in many important
ways, including clinical phenomenology, comorbidity, pathophysiology, neurobiology, and …

The disease of obesity is one of the greatest healthcare challenges of our time. The
increasing urgency for effective treatment is driving an intensive search for new targets for …