Pleasurable behaviors reduce stress via brain reward pathways.
Ulrich-Lai YM, Christiansen AM, Ostrander MM, Jones AA, Jones KR, Choi DC, Krause EG, Evanson NK, Furay AR, Davis JF, Solomon MB, de Kloet AD, Tamashiro KL, Sakai RR, Seeley RJ, Woods SC, Herman JP.
Ulrich-Lai YM, et al. Among authors: jones aa, jones kr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Nov 23;107(47):20529-34. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1007740107. Epub 2010 Nov 8.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010.
PMID: 21059919
Free PMC article.