> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Debbi wrote: > > ...this mouse study found that certain mice do > > show activation in regions of the brain affected > >by cocaine or nicotine, only their stimulus is > running. > [snip] > > "The specially bred mice had extremely high levels > >of brain activity in certain regions -- the same > >regions that become activated when rats can't get > >their daily fix of cocaine, morphine, alcohol..." > I thought running addiction or wheel addiction was > well > documented in hamsters. It was one of the first > things > our vet warned us about when we first got our first > hamster last year.
> Or maybe it was just something that has been > anecdotally known by vets but never tested... You know those scientist-types: they want things dissected out, not mere anecdotal hear-say! ;) But seriously, just because they _act_ addicted doesn't mean that their brain chemistry changed -- now they've proven that the same documented brain changes that occur with cocaine addiction, happen with 'wheel addiction.' Never Any Fear Of *My* Becoming A Jogaholic! Maru :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
