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Ventral striatum activity when watching preferred pornographic pictures is correlated with symptoms of Internet pornography addiction

Ventral striatum activity when watching preferred pornographic pictures is correlated with symptoms of Internet pornography addiction

Publication date: 1 April 2016 Source:NeuroImage, Volume 129 Author(s): Matthias Brand, Jan Snagowski, Christian Laier, Stefan Maderwald One type of Internet addiction is excessive pornography consumption, also referred to as cybersex or Internet pornography addiction. Neuroimaging studies found ventral striatum activity when participants watched explicit sexual stimuli compared to non-expli
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Levels of Hair Ethyl Glucuronide in Patients with Decreased Kidney Function: Possibility of Misclassification of Social Drinkers

ConclusionsThis study documents an increased risk of obtaining a false‐positive diagnosis of heavy drinking among renal disease patients who are social drinkers. Interpretation of EtG levels in hair among patients with reduced kidney function must be performed with caution.

The use of hair ethyl glucuronide (EtG) levels as a direct biomarker for chronic high intake of ethanol is increasing, and
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Multisensory Stop Signals Can Reduce the Disinhibiting Effects of Alcohol in Adults

ConclusionsThese findings identify multisensory inhibitory signals as a potentially important environmental factor that can reduce the degree to which alcohol disinhibits behavior possibly by intersensory co‐activation between the visual and auditory pathways.

Multisensory stop signals reduce the degree to which alcohol impairs inhibitory control in adult drinkers. When no‐go stimuli were uni
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Early Onset Drinking Predicts Greater Level But Not Growth of Alcohol‐Induced Blackouts Beyond the Effect of Binge Drinking During Emerging Adulthood

ConclusionsEarly onset drinkers reported more frequent blackouts across all 3 years, indicating that early alcohol initiation predisposes those individuals to continue to experience more frequent blackouts, despite a decrease in their binge drinking. This may be due to various factors, such as altered hippocampal development and functioning resulting from early alcohol exposure.

Early‐onset dr
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White House proposes $1 billion in new funding to treat opioid use disorders

Knopf, A. (2016), White House proposes $1 billion in new funding to treat opioid use disorders. Alc. Drug Abuse Wkly., 28: 1–2. doi: 10.1002/adaw.30463…
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