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March 10, 2006

Drugged up spider monkeys

Filed under: General Ramblings

So, at the moment I’m studying Brain and Behaviour, with the Open university. It’s great, and very interesting and all, but I am one for leaving my assignments until the last minute.
As I was looking up the effect that opiates have on the mesolimbic dopamine neurons, I came across this sentence in relation to cocaine:

“Spider monkeys with a history of intravenous self-administration…”

Yeah, spider monkeys: the advertising sales reps of the animal kingdom. Lying around in their flash suits, talking nonsense all day.

Good thing those scientists found them, that’s all I can say.






















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