Monday, December 12, 2011

New strain of lab mice mimics human alcohol consumption patterns

Two professors have started work on

looking into the effects of alcohol on the human brain through mice.  Scientists do not have a full understanding on how much alcohol effects the human brain, so they are using mice to study the effects of severe intoxication.  Their goal is to develop therapies to brains that are severely affected by alcohol. 

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