Females are less sensitive than males to the motivational- and dopamine-suppressing effects of kappa opioid receptor activation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.12.002
Abstract: ABSTRACT The neuropeptide dynorphin (DYN) activates kappa opioid receptors (KORs) in the brain to produce depressive‐like states and decrease motivation. KOR‐mediated suppression of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is considered one underlying mechanism.… read more here.
Keywords: kor mediated; less sensitive; sex differences; dopamine ... See more keywords
How barriers become invisible: Children are less sensitive to constraints that are stable over time.
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DOI: 10.1111/desc.13496
Abstract: When making inferences about the mental lives of others (e.g., others' preferences), it is critical to consider the extent to which the choices we observe are constrained. Prior research on the development of this tendency… read more here.
Keywords: constraint; less sensitive; stable time; real world ... See more keywords
Cascades of Risk Linking Intimate Partner Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences to Less Sensitive Caregiving During Infancy.
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DOI: 10.1177/10775595211000431
Abstract: This study evaluated if maternal intimate partner violence (IPV) had indirect effects on sensitive parenting in infancy through prenatal depressive symptoms and postpartum parenting stress and if maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) moderated these indirect… read more here.
Keywords: depressive symptoms; partner violence; less sensitive; intimate partner ... See more keywords