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[Gambling Addiction.]

[Gambling addiction.]

Nervenarzt. 2013 Mar 27;
Böning J, Meyer G, Hayer T

Extensive coherent clinical, psychopathological, neurobiological and genetic similarities with substance-related addictions justify the forthcoming classification of gambling addiction under the new category “Substance Use and Addictive Disorders”… Continue reading →

Pharmacovigilance: A Review of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Chronic Pain Patients.

Pharmacovigilance: a review of opioid-induced respiratory depression in chronic pain patients.

Pain Physician. 2013 Mar; 16(2): E85-94
Dahan A, Overdyk F, Smith T, Aarts L, Niesters M

Opioids may induce life-threatening respiratory depression, but limited knowledge is available on… Continue reading →

CREB Is Necessary for Synaptic Maintenance and Learning-Induced Changes of the Ampa Receptor GluA1 Subunit.

CREB is necessary for synaptic maintenance and learning-induced changes of the ampa receptor GluA1 subunit.

Hippocampus. 2013 Mar 18;
Middei S, Houeland G, Cavallucci V, Ammassari-Teule M, D’Amelio M, Marie H

The transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein… Continue reading →

What Can I Do to Stop “depression” From Interfering With My School Work?

Question by Profile: What can I do to stop “depression” from interfering with my school work?
I just feel like sleeping all day. Its really hard to get all my work done now and I started out this year doing… Continue reading →

Molecular Mechanisms of Cannabinoid Addiction.

Molecular mechanisms of cannabinoid addiction.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Mar 12;
Fratta W, Fattore L

Cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit substance, with an estimated number of 119-224 million users worldwide. In recent years we assisted to… Continue reading →

Methamphetamine and Parkinson’s Disease.

Methamphetamine and Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinsons Dis. 2013; 2013: 308052
Granado N, Ares-Santos S, Moratalla R

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder predominantly affecting the elderly. The aetiology of the disease is not known, but age and environmental factors… Continue reading →

Relative Importance of Individual and Social Factors in Improving Adolescent Health.

Relative importance of individual and social factors in improving adolescent health.

Perspect Public Health. 2013 Mar; 133(2): 122-31
Hargreaves DS, McVey D, Nairn A, Viner RM

Aims: In 2010, the English Department of Health launched a radical new public… Continue reading →

Rapid and Selective Access to Three Distinct Sets of Indole-Based Heterocycles From a Single Set of Ugi-Adducts Under Microwave Heating.

Rapid and selective access to three distinct sets of indole-based heterocycles from a single set of Ugi-adducts under microwave heating.

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Mar 1;
Zhang L, Zhao F, Zheng M, Zhai Y, Liu H

Three distinct sets… Continue reading →

CACNA1C Risk Variant and Amygdala Activity in Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Healthy Controls.

CACNA1C Risk Variant and Amygdala Activity in Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Healthy Controls.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(2): e56970
Tesli M, Skatun KC, Ousdal OT, Brown AA, Thoresen C, Agartz I, Melle I, Djurovic S, Jensen J, Andreassen OA

Several… Continue reading →

Eating Disorders: My Body and Me: Self-Injurious Behaviors and Body Modifications in Eating Disorders-Preliminary Results.

My body and me: self-injurious behaviors and body modifications in eating disorders-preliminary results.

Filed under: Eating Disorders

Eat Disord. 2013 Mar; 21(2): 130-9
Iannaccone M, Cella S, Manzi SA, Visconti L, Manzi F, Cotrufo P

We investigated self-injurious behaviors… Continue reading →