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Does sugar change our short-term behaviour?

Sugar can induce addiction based on mesolimbic dopamine... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714381/ That is the main effect on behavior... … In addition the addiction to sugar can induce impulsive behavior by weaknes of prefrontal lobe... http://books.google.hr/books? …
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Dopamine deficiency more frequent in the addiction prone?

It seems that genetic plays significant roles in dopamine addiction: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22350797 And also a study of "born-addicts": http://www.addictscience.com/genetics-d2/ But also … It is well known that people with ADHD are vulnerable to addiction. …
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