Computer and video game addiction-A comparison between game users and non-game users

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 268-276

  Weinstein, Aviv Malkiel ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Addictionx; Brain imaging; Computer game playing; Dopamine; Reward; Video game playing

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IODINE 123; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RACLOPRIDE C 11; SERTRALINE; TRACER; VENLAFAXINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADDICTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER GAME ADDICTION; CONTROL GROUP; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EMOTION; ENURESIS; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDLINE; MOTORCYCLE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECREATION; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIDEO GAME ADDICTION;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; COMPUTERS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 77956336577     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2010.491879     Document Type: Review

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