Of course, that's the reason that male rats are sooooo much heavier. Does seem to limit the cross-species generalization!
>Sherry- > >Right! > >Not to mention the unequal distribution of adipose tissue between the sexes. >Since alcohol is water soluble but not fat soluble a man & woman of equal >weight >would be unequally impacted. > >-Don. > >"Ferguson, Sherry" wrote: > >> What gives with these titles? I admit, when I first saw the first one >> (aggression in rats), I thought the APS was American Psychological Society >> but it turns out it's American Physiological Society. (I still don't >> understand why a physiological society was interested in aggression and now >> I'm questioning the reputability of this society) >> >> But now, they've gone too far: MEN and WOMEN drinking EQUAL amounts of >> alcohol. >> >> Body size in rats is very sexually dimorphic with males of most strains much >> larger than females. The text didn't say "equal amounts of alcohol on a >> body weight basis", it just said "equal amounts of alcohol". With the body >> size difference, an equal amount of alcohol is bound to have a more severe >> effect in female rats than in males! >> >> Sherry Ferguson, Ph.D >> Research Psychologist >> National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA >> 3900 NCTR Road >> Jefferson, AR 72079 >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
