Exercise addiction- diagnosis, bio-psychological mechanisms and treatment issues

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 4062-4069

  Weinstein, Aviv ^a,b   Weinstein, Yitzhak ^b,c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioral addiction; Dopamine; Exercise addiction; Reward; Stress

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENDORPHIN;

ADDICTION; ANXIETY; ATHLETE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ADDICTION; GENDER; HABITUATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EXERCISE; HUMANS;

EID: 84904052534     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990614     Document Type: Review

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