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Behavior, Addictive
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Definition of 'Behavior, Addictive'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. Common names: Behavior, Addictive; Addictive Behavior; Addictive Behaviors; Behaviors, Addictive |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
30 Oct 2009
In the present study, in vitro and in vivo studies were conducted to determine the relationship between innate substance P (SP) levels and alcohol-motivated behavior in alcohol-preferring (P) and nonpreferring (NP) rat lines. In Experiment 1, in ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction and to determine the sex differences in the predictive value of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction in ... Read more...
2 Sep 2009
Mesolimbic dopamine neurons projecting from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) are part of a complex circuit mediating cocaine-directed behaviors. However, the precise role of rapid (subsecond) dopamine release within the ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Behavior, Addictive'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Deficits in substance P mRNA levels in the CeA are inversely associated with alcohol-motivated responding.
30 Oct 2009 - Trapped in the net: will internet addiction become a 21st-century epidemic?
29 Sep 2009 - Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study.
29 Sep 2009 - Neural encoding of cocaine-seeking behavior is coincident with phasic dopamine release in the accumbens core and shell.
2 Sep 2009 - [Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression]
30 Aug 2009 - Genetic investigation of race and addiction.
30 Aug 2009 - Not all strikes are easy to call.
30 Aug 2009 - Gene expression changes following extinction testing in a heroin behavioral incubation model.
5 Aug 2009 - Number of addictive substances used related to increased risk of unnatural death: a combined medico-legal and case-record study.
2 Aug 2009 - Roles of opioid receptor subtypes in mediating alcohol-seeking induced by discrete cues and context.
Aug 2009 - [Validation of two brief scales for Internet addiction and mobile phone problem use]
30 Jul 2009 - Using virtual reality to assess young adult smokers' attention to cues.
30 Jul 2009 - Why do young adults develop a passion for Internet activities? The associations among personality, revealing "true self" on the Internet, and passion for the Internet.
30 Jul 2009 - Current situation and future tasks for psychiatric services in Japanese prisons.
30 Jul 2009 - Repeated dosing with oral cocaine in humans: assessment of direct effects, withdrawal, and pharmacokinetics.
30 Jul 2009 - Orexin/hypocretin signaling at the orexin 1 receptor regulates cue-elicited cocaine-seeking.
26 Jul 2009 - Upregulation of GLT1 attenuates cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior in rats.
20 Jul 2009 - Antidepressant treatment facilitates dopamine release and drug seeking behavior in a genetic animal model of depression.
13 Jul 2009 - Extremely frequent behavior in consumer research: theory and empirical evidence for chronic casino gambling.
12 Jul 2009 - [TV addiction with skin manifestations: a new syndrome "TV addict bursitis"]
8 Jul 2009
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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