Currently about 2.71 billion humans use a smartphone worldwide. Although smartphone
technology has brought many advances, a growing number of scientists discuss potential …

Chronic pain is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by sensory, cognitive,
and affective symptoms. Over the past 2 decades, researchers have made significant …

This study relies on knowledge regarding the neuroplasticity of dual-system components
that govern addiction and excessive behavior and suggests that alterations in the grey …

A recent study has implicated the nucleus accumbens of the ventral striatum in explaining
why online-users spend time on the social network platform Facebook. Here, higher activity …

WeChat represents one of the most popular smartphone-based applications for
communication. Although the application provides several useful features that simplify daily …

This study aims to investigate the gray matter volume (GMV) of key neural systems possibly
associated with Excess Social Media Use (ESMU) in the general user population. It employs …

Background Both animal and human studies have suggested that prenatal opioid exposure
may be detrimental to the developing fetal brain. However, results are somewhat conflicting …

Chronic pain (pain lasting for> 3 months) decreases patient quality of life and even
occupational abilities. It can be controlled by treatment, but often persists even after …

Affective disorders, such as anxiety and depression, are common comorbidities associated
with chronic insomnia disorder (CID). However, the underlying neural mechanisms of these …

Adaptive gaming use has positive effects, whereas depression has been reported to be
prevalent in Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, the neural correlates underlying the …