Re: [tips] iinfo: animal studies

2010-10-22 Thread michael sylvester
Not to be circular,but by placebo effect I mean that one group gets the drug and the other group receives a placebo. When post tested they both have improveed.In human experimentation,we could attribute the improvement to the demand characteristics and mind over body effect.So from an animal per

re: [tips] iinfo: animal studies

2010-10-22 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:34:59 -0700, michael sylvester wrote: >Has the placebo effect been observed in animal studies? First, what do *you* mean by a placebo effect? Second, the FDA requires a control condition when drugs are tested on animals. The control can either be a placebo treatment, a no