Sentences with phrase «reward pathway»

The same reward pathway is often triggered for all addiction issues.

Studies show a link between high - fat and high - sugar foods and the increase in the activation of reward pathways in the brain, particularly dopamine receptors, says Erin Macdonald, R.D.

... Increasing evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners do not activate the food reward pathways in the same fashion as natural sweeteners...

Other compounds in the new wave of would - be addiction medications target the dopamine reward pathway more directly, by blocking a subset of dopamine receptors known as D3 receptors (D3Rs) that are abundant in brain regions associated with motivation and reward.

«If we want to really call smartphone addiction an addiction, we have to provide biological evidence of things like reward pathways and circuits, because all addictions have them.»

The negative - valence mechanism that AGRP neurons utilize contrasts with the majority of hunger - associated neurons previously studied, which stimulate reward pathways and result in positive feelings when hunger is satisfied.

In the meantime, the current study builds evidence that addictive drugs appropriate the neurobiological tools of learning and memory to create long - term changes in brain reward pathways.

If you are interested in learning what these habitual relationships mean for you, personally, I ask that you consider removing addictive consumptions from your life — alcohol, coffee, sugar, wheat, dairy — so that you can quiet reward pathways, silence inflammatory alarm responses, and eat more informationally dense foods.

Further, it has been shown that intimate activity causes the release of powerful endorphins that flow through reward pathways in the brain, inducing euphoria and the feelings of love.

Studies show that the chemicals brought about by intimacy invariably relieves stress, among other rewards, they also fuel reward pathways in the brain, yielding those feelings of love, arousal, satisfaction and joy.

... Increasing evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners do not activate the food reward pathways in the same fashion as natural sweeteners... Natural and artificial sweeteners also activate the gustatory branch differently.

By breaking up large tasks (lose 20 pounds in months) into smaller, more manageable steps (lose 2 to 5 pounds a week) we can manipulate the dopamine reward pathways, helping to increase motivation, success and positive associations, to turn your fitness goals into reality.

The most primitive part of the brain — the same reward pathway activated by food and sex — lights up in response to altruistic giving.

In earlier research, they found that FGF21 acts via the brain's reward pathway in mice to suppress the desire for sugar and alcohol in favor of drinking water.

«Breaking the habit can be as simple as creating offline experiences that activate this reward pathway.»

When dopamine flows into the brain's reward pathway (the part responsible for pleasure, learning and motivation), we not only feel greater concentration but are inspired to re-experience the activity that caused the chemical release in the first place.

Some people have stronger memories and they are more cue - reactive [more reactive to stimulus that triggers the reward pathway].

REWARD pathways in the brains of overweight people become less responsive as they gain weight.

It remains to be seen whether losing weight can reverse the cycle and restore normal functioning of the reward pathway.

The flow of calcium ions eases communication between neurons, promoting LTP along the reward pathway.

Morikawa's work suggests that repeated dopamine release somehow boosts the chances of LTP in the brain's reward pathways, although the molecular details are not yet clear.

Mice in booze camp In the new study, performed on adolescent male mice, ethanol alcohol exposure seemed to enhance synaptic plasticity in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a part of the brain that plays a critical role in the reward pathway.

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital scrutinized the opioid system, the reward pathway hijacked by drugs such as heroin, because the researchers had earlier found that beta - endorphin and the skin pigment melanin originate from the same protein.

A new study using different brain imaging techniques linked the intensity of an individual's placebo effect to the amount of dopamine (a neurotransmitter involved in the pleasure and reward pathway) released in a midbrain region called the nucleus accumbens.

These areas play an essential role in our reward pathway and regulate the «feel good» neurotransmitter dopamine.

One reason many potential therapies for alcohol abuse have been unsuccessful is because they inhibit the brain's reward pathways, causing an overall decline in the experience of pleasure.

«We saw changes in the brain chemistry in ways that are known to have an impact on the reward pathway, locomotor activity, and other behaviors, as well as effects on body weight,» Thanos says.

McGehee and his colleague, post-doctoral researcher Huibert Mansvelder, PhD, working with brain tissue from rats, demonstrated how nicotine takes control of the reward pathways.

This cellular locus of addiction is farther «upstream» in the reward pathway than anticipated.

Although seemingly irrational, she is on a path toward increasingly riskier drug seeking behaviors, as the reward pathways in her brain are strengthened in support of actions that increase her drug exposure.

Yep, the hippocampus — that's the part of the brain associated with learning and memory — and the reward pathways — those grooves in our brains that teach us to expect a positive outcome from repeated efforts — get a major jolt from consistent, purposeful video game play.

In ways that drugs of abuse — such as nicotine, cocaine and heroin — hijack the brain's reward pathway and make users dependent, increasing neuro - chemical and behavioural evidence suggests that sugar is addictive in the same way, too.

In short, this means that repeated access to sugar over time leads to prolonged dopamine signalling, greater excitation of the brain's reward pathways and a need for even more sugar to activate all of the midbrain dopamine receptors like before.

Doodling produced the highest average increase of blood flow in the reward pathway in comparison with free - drawing and coloring.

According to a study, the reward pathways of your brain activate when performing art creation activities such as doodling.

Sugar «hijacks the brain's reward pathway,» neuroscientist Jordan Gaines Lewis explained.

Then, signals are sent to the brain, lighting up reward pathways and causing a surge of feel - good hormones, like dopamine, to be released.

Since the identical brain «reward pathways» are used by both types of drugs, they can be equally addictive and also may cause side effects like memory loss, hip fractures, impaired thinking, and dizziness.

This decreased activity in the hypothalamus is not seen after consuming aspartame, indicating the food reward pathways have not been as fully activated.

First, many dopamine receptors — important players in the brain's reward pathway — disappeared, possibly signaling that more food was now needed to reach previous levels of satisfaction.

Sweet foods are rewarding, stimulating the brain's reward pathways and, via learning and conditioning mechanisms, increasing the likelihood of seeking out more sugar, just like the incentive that draws people to drugs like alcohol, nicotine and cocaine.

These affected areas where volume loss is seen are responsible for critical cognitive functions such as planning, prioritizing, organizing, impulse control, and reward pathways.

If we take advantage of this reward pathway and make learning fun, learning becomes almost like a drug: we're suddenly motivated to learn, addicted to furthering our knowledge and even a little bit in love with the learning process!

The brain produces motivation by the secretion of dopamine in the nucleus accumbent (also known as the reward pathway).

The reason mice are so helpful in studying addiction is because the reward pathway in our brains functions in much the same way in mice as it does in people.

Here's what the brain scans revealed - the reward pathway in the dogs» brains only lit up when they heard words of praise in an approving tone of voice.

Maybe having elements to physically interact with apart from the digital aspect could make this even more fun and fulfill some of those reward pathways in the brain.

It was at that moment my brain switched a signal within the reward pathway that I learned patience is a reward all unto itself.

Generally, the more people you save, the more rewarding the pathways you get access too.

Chronic stimulation of the hypothalamic - pituitary axis by environmental stressors, including family violence, may elevate cortisol levels, dysregulate neuroendocrine mediators of the reward pathway, and influence compulsive feeding practices33 as well as visceral fat accumulation.35