With the obesity epidemic being largely attributed to overeating, much research has been
aimed at understanding the psychological causes of overeating and using this knowledge to …

Over the last few decades, advances in human and animal‐based techniques have greatly
enhanced our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders …

Rodents emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) to communicate the presence of positive or
negative emotional states and to coordinate social interactions. On this basis, USVs are …

Developmental differences in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis responsiveness to
stressors and ongoing development of glucocorticoid-sensitive brain regions in adolescence …

Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disease in which drug administration becomes the
primary stimulus that drives behavior regardless of the adverse consequence that may …

Aims: This study aimed to (i) evaluate the association between Internet addiction and
harmful alcohol use, and (ii) evaluate the associated personality characteristics of Internet …

This review focuses on cocaine-induced postsynaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens
(NAc) involving changes in AMPA receptor (AMPAR) transmission. First, fundamental …

Psychiatrists have gradually developed a list of medications that are effective in the
treatment of addictive disorders. Although alcoholism has received the most attention …

This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

While many experiment with drugs, relatively few individuals develop a true addiction. We
hypothesized that, in rats, such individual differences in the actions of addictive drugs might …