Social isolation may lead to substance addiction
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Washington, January 24 (ANI): Researchers have found that rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol, suggesting that social isolation may lead to drug addiction.
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Social isolation increases risk of addiction to amphetamine and alcohol
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
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.
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