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It’s easy for lonely rats to get addicted

U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Rats kept alone during their “teen” years are more likely to become addicted to amphetamines and alcohol—even after they reunite with peers.“Basically the animals become more manipulatable,” says Hitoshi Morikawa, associate professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin. “They’re more sensitive to reward, and once conditioned the conditioning takes longer to extinguish. We’ve been able to observe this at both the behavioral and neuronal level.”...

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Published By: Futurity - 2 days ago