Thursday, January 24, 2013

Social isolation increases risk of addiction to amphetamine and alcohol

Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol, found researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Amphetamine addiction is also harder to extinguish in the socially isolated rats.

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130124/Social-isolation-increases-risk-of-addiction-to-amphetamine-and-alcohol.aspx

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