Researchers at National Institute on Drug Abuse have found that rats behave similarly to human alcohol abusers in that they resume drinking after punishment related threats, which initially make them to refrain from drinking, fade away. The finding is important because a significant amount of addiction research is performed in animals, using models of addiction, before it is translated to work in humans. "The better our animal models fit human alcoholism, ...Saturday, 2 February 2013
Drinking Problems is Rats Mirror Those Among Humans
Researchers at National Institute on Drug Abuse have found that rats behave similarly to human alcohol abusers in that they resume drinking after punishment related threats, which initially make them to refrain from drinking, fade away. The finding is important because a significant amount of addiction research is performed in animals, using models of addiction, before it is translated to work in humans. "The better our animal models fit human alcoholism, ...
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