Behavior, Addictive - Chemically induced
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Chronic preexposure to methylphenidate cross-sensitizes methamphetamine in male Japanese quail.

29 Jun 2009 An increasing debate exists about the potential of exposure to methylphenidate increasing later risk of drug abuse. The objective of this study was to investigate whether chronic preexposure to methylphenidate would induce cross-sensitization to a ... Read more...

The plastic phenomenon underlying the associative processes in the addictive properties of diazepam and other psychoactive drugs.

30 May 2009 Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for the therapy of disorders such as anxiety and sleep disturbance, but develop dependence in many patients. In this review we discuss the impact of different brain areas that modulate the reward system in the ... Read more...

Dopamine dysregulation syndrome and levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson disease: common consequences of anomalous forms of neural plasticity.

30 Dec 2008 Four to 10% of patients with Parkinson disease and chronically treated with levodopa undergo an addictionlike behavioral disturbance named dopamine dysregulation syndrome (DDS). This article suggests that patients with Parkinson disease could be ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Behavior, Addictive - Chemically induced'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Chronic preexposure to methylphenidate cross-sensitizes methamphetamine in male Japanese quail. 29 Jun 2009
• The plastic phenomenon underlying the associative processes in the addictive properties of diazepam and other psychoactive drugs. 30 May 2009
• Dopamine dysregulation syndrome and levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson disease: common consequences of anomalous forms of neural plasticity. 30 Dec 2008
• Pharmacology of nicotine: addiction, smoking-induced disease, and therapeutics. 30 Dec 2008
• Self-administration of cocaine-pentobarbital mixtures by rhesus monkeys. Dec 2008
• The issue of consent in research that administers drugs of addiction to addicted persons. 29 Sep 2008
• Role of NMDA receptors in dopamine neurons for plasticity and addictive behaviors. 12 Aug 2008
• Cortical activation during delay discounting in abstinent methamphetamine dependent individuals. 5 Aug 2008
• Prevalence of problem and pathological gambling in Parkinson's disease. 15 Jun 2008
• Relapse to cocaine-seeking increases activity-regulated gene expression differentially in the striatum and cerebral cortex of rats following short or long periods of abstinence. 15 May 2008
• Delayed extinction and stronger reinstatement of cocaine conditioned place preference in adolescent rats, compared to adults. 30 Mar 2008
• Gene profiling the response to repeated cocaine self-administration in dorsal striatum: a focus on circadian genes. 13 Mar 2008
• Addiction and arousal: the hypocretin connection. 20 Nov 2007
• Extensive craving in high dose zolpidem dependency. 10 Nov 2007
• The orbitofrontal cortex, impulsivity, and addiction: probing orbitofrontal dysfunction at the neural, neurochemical, and molecular level. 8 Sep 2007
• The orbital prefrontal cortex and drug addiction in laboratory animals and humans. 8 Sep 2007
• Kappa agonist-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in squirrel monkeys: a role for opioid and stress-related mechanisms. 14 Aug 2007
• Orbitofrontal cortex and cognitive-motivational impairments in psychostimulant addiction: evidence from experiments in the non-human primate. 12 Aug 2007
• Addiction to the nicotine gum in never smokers. 15 Jul 2007
• Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Behavior, Addictive'

Definition: The observable, measurable, and often pathological activity of an organism that portrays its inability to overcome a habit resulting in an insatiable craving for a substance or for performing certain acts. The addictive behavior includes the emotional and physical overdependence on the object of habit in increasing amount or frequency.

Descriptor UI: D016739

Alternative terms: Behavior, Addictive; Addictive Behavior; Addictive Behaviors; Behaviors, Addictive;

Related Mesh Headings: Substance-Related Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.527.100.120;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif