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Internet Addiction and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Schoolchildren.

Internet Addiction and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Schoolchildren.

Use of the internet and videogames by children and adolescents has risen dramatically over the last decade. Increasing evidence of internet and videogame addiction among children is causing concern due to its harmful physical, emotional and social consequences. There is also emerging evidence for an association between computer and videogame addiction and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
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Caught in the Net: Perineuronal Nets and Addiction.

Authors: Slaker M, Blacktop JM, Sorg BA
Abstract
Exposure to drugs of abuse induces plasticity in the brain and creates persistent drug-related memories. These changes in plasticity and persistent drug memories are believed to produce aberrant motivation and reinforcement contributing to addiction. Most studies have explored the effect drugs of abuse have on pre- and postsynaptic cells and
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Microstructural changes to the brain of mice after methamphetamine exposure as identified with diffusion tensor imaging

Methamphetamine (METH) is an addictive psychostimulant inducing neurotoxicity. Human magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of METH-dependent participants find various structural abnormities. Animal studies demonstrate immunohistochemical changes in multiple cellular pathways after METH exposure. Here, we characterized the long-term effects of METH on brain microstructure in
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Physical abuse, psychological abuse and neglect: Evidence of alcohol‐related harm to children in five states of India

ConclusionsThis study suggests that adults’ drinking is associated with physical and psychological abuse and neglect to children. Greater use of evidence‐based alcohol policy interventions may help reduce alcohol‐related harms to children in India. [Esser MB, Rao GN, Gururaj G, Murthy P, Jayarajan D, S Lakshmanan, Jernigan DH, Benegal V, Collaborators Group on Epidemiological Study of Patterns
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New Initiatives for Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Kranzler, H. R. (2016), New Initiatives for Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. doi: 10.1111/acer.13018…
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