The primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) subserves our highest order cognitive operations, and
yet is tremendously dependent on a precise neurochemical environment for proper …

Rationale Pathological gambling (PG) has recently been considered as a “behavioral” or
nonsubstance addiction. A comparison of the characteristics of PG and substance use …

Highlights•What the new DSM-5 means for the concept of behavioral addiction.•Common
theoretical framework for substance addiction, behavioral addictions and OCD.•Pathological …

Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease are common neuropsychiatric
complications associated with dopamine replacement therapy. Some patients treated with …

An exploration-exploitation trade-off, the arbitration between sampling a lesser-known
against a known rich option, is thought to be solved using computationally demanding …

Gambling is pertinent to neuroscience research for at least two reasons. First, gambling is a
naturalistic and pervasive example of risky decision making, and thus gambling games can …

Purpose The aims of the study were to evaluate the occurrence of behavioral addictions
(BAs) in alcohol use disorder (AUD) subjects and to investigate the role of impulsivity …

Impulse control disorders such as pathological gambling (PG) are a serious and common
adverse effect of dopamine (DA) replacement medication in Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Instrumental learning is driven by a history of outcome success and failure. Here, we
examined the impact of serotonin on learning from positive and negative outcomes. Healthy …

Throughout the past decade it has been recognized that dopaminergic medication
administered to remedy motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease is associated with an …