Is It Possible to Have Internet Addiction?
Is it possible to have Internet addiction?
On the one hand, such findings might argue in favor of considering "Internet addiction" a bona fide, biologically based disorder. On the other hand, these brain studies might point to a single, underlying biological mechanism that simply emerges in …
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
MUSC Department of Neurosciences in Charleston SC brings together a large group of expert neuropharmacological researchers and a range of laboratory facilities to create outstanding opportunities for research in the neurosciences of addiction. We are …
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Fearful Memories Passed Down to Mouse Descendants
Yet some studies have hinted that environmental factors can influence biology more rapidly through 'epigenetic' modifications, which alter the expression of genes, but not their actual nucleotide sequence. … Kerry Ressler, a neurobiologist and …
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