The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause an immense psychosocial strain worldwide.
Excessive use of the internet during these psychologically trying times, fueled by physical …

Many recognize that several behaviors potentially affecting the reward circuitry in human
brains lead to a loss of control and other symptoms of addiction in at least some individuals …

Epidemiological studies find that psychiatric disorders, including mental disorders and
substance use disorders, are common among adults and highly comorbid. Integrated …

All he wants is family… Crawling on his belly through enemy fire is nothing compared to the
murder that ripped Jack Palmer's childhood apart. Now that he's home from his tour of duty …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder mostly
affecting the aging population over sixty. Cardinal symptoms including, tremors, muscle …

Global treatment of drug addiction costs society billions of dollars annually, but current
psychopharmacological therapies have not been successful at desired rates. The increasing …

Recent research suggests that romantic love can be literally addictive. Although the exact
nature of the relationship between love and addiction has been described in inconsistent …

Converging evidence from both animal and human studies have implicated hedonic eating
as a driver of both binge eating and obesity. The construct of food addiction has been used …

309 Molecular role of dopamine in anhedonia linked to reward deficiency syndrome (RDS) and
anti- reward systems Mark S. Gold8, K Page 1 309 Molecular role of dopamine in anhedonia …

The dopamine transporter (DAT) is responsible for terminating dopamine (DA) signaling and
is the primary site of cocaine's reinforcing actions. Cocaine self-administration has been …