Behavior, Addictive - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Addiction and substance abuse in anesthesiology.

30 Oct 2008 Despite substantial advances in our understanding of addiction and the technology and therapeutic approaches used to fight this disease, addiction still remains a major issue in the anesthesia workplace, and outcomes have not appreciably changed. ... Read more...

Review. Context-induced relapse to drug seeking: a review.

10 Oct 2008 In humans, exposure to environmental contexts previously associated with drug intake often provokes relapse to drug use, but the mechanisms mediating this relapse are unknown. Based on early studies by Bouton & Bolles on context-induced 'renewal' ... Read more...

Review. Transcriptional mechanisms of addiction: role of DeltaFosB.

10 Oct 2008 Regulation of gene expression is considered a plausible mechanism of drug addiction, given the stability of behavioural abnormalities that define an addicted state. Among many transcription factors known to influence the addiction process, one of ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Behavior, Addictive'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Addiction and substance abuse in anesthesiology. 30 Oct 2008
• Review. Context-induced relapse to drug seeking: a review. 10 Oct 2008
• Review. Transcriptional mechanisms of addiction: role of DeltaFosB. 10 Oct 2008
• Cortical thickness abnormalities in cocaine addiction--a reflection of both drug use and a pre-existing disposition to drug abuse? 7 Oct 2008
• The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery. Foreword. 29 Sep 2008
• The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery. 29 Sep 2008
• fMRI of alcohol craving after individual cues: a follow-up case report. 31 Aug 2008
• Drugs, alcohol and pregnant women--changing characteristics of women engaging with a specialist perinatal outreach addictions service. 30 Aug 2008
• Drugs and pregnancy--outcomes of women engaged with a specialist perinatal outreach addictions service. 30 Aug 2008
• International Narcotics Research Conference - 39th Annual Meeting. 30 Aug 2008
• Convergent and discriminant validity of three measures of stage of change. 30 Aug 2008
• Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens shell attenuates cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking in rats. 25 Aug 2008
• Role of NMDA receptors in dopamine neurons for plasticity and addictive behaviors. 12 Aug 2008
• Intra-amygdala and systemic antagonism of NMDA receptors prevents the reconsolidation of drug-associated memory and impairs subsequently both novel and previously acquired drug-seeking behaviors. 11 Aug 2008
• Internet addiction in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: assessment, profiles, and psychosocial correlates. 5 Aug 2008
• A second life for eHealth: prospects for the use of 3-D virtual worlds in clinical psychology. 3 Aug 2008
• Problem gambling: what do general practitioners need to know and do about it? 2 Aug 2008
• Context-induced relapse of conditioned behavioral responding to ethanol cues in rats. 30 Jul 2008
• Parallel and integrative processing through the Basal Ganglia reward circuit: lessons from addiction. 30 Jul 2008
• A unified framework for addiction: vulnerabilities in the decision process. 30 Jul 2008

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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