Adicciones Y Dopamina 1

Published October 15, 2013

Adicciones y Dopamina 1 –

10 surprising things you may be addicted to

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Shopping addiction (or omniomania) is thought to be caused by a rush of endorphins and dopamine which cause the shopper to experience a temporary “high” which they want to experience again. Many shopping addicts use shopping as a way to escape …
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Addiction and the brain: how the immune system takes over

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But the immune system that surrounds the dopamine systems of the brain also seem to be very sensitive to drugs of abuse. So much so, that in preclinical studies it is possible to make rats like alcohol, opioids and methamphetamine a lot more, just by …
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National Mental Health Awareness Week — Volume Four

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JG: You live in Alaska … i've heard that there is a lot more alcoholism/addiction/mental illness there — do you see that manifest in your job? R: Statistically, Alaska has a huge alcohol and drug problem. Since we have a comparatively small …
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