The dopamine motive system: Implications for drug and food addiction

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 741-752

  Volkow, Nora D ^a   Wise, Roy A ^a   Baler, Ruben ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AUTOREGULATION; COMPULSION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DOPAMINE; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85034087292     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2017.130     Document Type: Review

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