News tagged with pleasure center
Flipping the brain's addiction switch without drugs
When someone becomes dependent on drugs or alcohol, the brain's pleasure center gets hijacked, disrupting the normal functioning of its reward circuitry.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 28, 2009 |
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A researcher answers the weight gain question
We eat too much, and it's making us fat and sick. So why don't we stop?
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Treating depression by stimulating the pleasure center
Even with the best of available treatments, over a third of patients with depression may not achieve a satisfactory antidepressant response. Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a form of targeted electrical stimulation in the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Depression Causes Malfunctions in Brain's Pleasure Center
Clinically depressed individuals are less capable of finding pleasure in activities they previously enjoyed, a recent study has proven. Research featured in the August 26 issue of the NeuroReport shows reduced brain function ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Computer model shows changes in brain mechanisms for cocaine addicts
About 2 million Americans currently use cocaine for its temporary side-effects of euphoria, which have contributed to making it one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs in the country. Cocaine addiction, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2009 |
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