• Question: do mice get addicted to drugs?

    Asked by to David on 27 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      David Davila answered on 27 Jun 2014:

      yes, they really do.

      We can tell because you can set it up so that the mouse has a lever that actually injects drugs into his system every time he pushes it! We can see that the mouse will push the lever whenever it wants another boost of drugs.

      We can ALSO see that if we cut off the drugs, the mouse will keep pushing the lever, trying to get another injection of drugs, which is a sign of addiction

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