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Understanding What Makes Behavior Modification Work

For the child with ADHD, demonstrating a behavior in the presence of consequences is not synonymous with having developed the self-management skills to use the behavior. That is, the intervention is deemed successful if the child’s behavior is modified in the presence of consequences. As consequences are removed and the child’s behavior regresses, this should …

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Alcohol and Dopamine Does Alcohol Release Dopamine?

Dopamine release was compared across varying train stimulations (6 pulses at the indicated frequencies) before and after nAChR blockade with DHβE (1 µM) in caudate and putamen (B, C; values normalized to single-pulse values before DHβE application). Gene expression of cholinergic interneuron markers and several nAChR subunits was not changed following chronic alcohol consumption and abstinence …

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