Neurobiological findings related to Internet use disorders

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 467-478

  Park, Byeongsu ^a   Han, Doug Hyun ^b   Roh, Sungwon ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Internet addiction; Internet gaming disorder; Internet use disorder; neurobiology; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CRAVING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET USE DISORDER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; REWARD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADDICTION; BRAIN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; INTERNET; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VIDEO GAME;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEUROIMAGING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84994052348     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12422     Document Type: Review

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