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Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2014-01-07, at 11:59 AM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote: > On the way to the perfect recreational drug? Getting high from > light. > > Cheers, > <image001.jpg> > From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:14 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: [tips] What Binge Drinking In Rats Can Teach Us > > In another article on CNET, I was surprised to find a neuroscience > article that (a) was based on a new technique used in the study of > alcohol consumption of rats and (b) how the use of light (optogentics) > could be used to stop alcohol drinking in rats. The CNET article > can be accessed here: > http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57616706-76/lights-neurons-action-binge-drinking-lab-rats-go-cold-turkey/ > > The article it is based on is in Frontier in Neuroscience which can > be accessed here: > http://www.frontiersin.org/behavioral_neuroscience/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00173/abstract > > I'm not sure what the implications are for human beings but it > does suggests that certain types of addiction might be easier to > treat than previously thought. Or not. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32498 or send a blank email to leave-32498-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
