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Simulated sea slug gets addicted to drug |
June 18, 2020
Scientists built a computer model of a simple brain network based on that of a sea slug, taught it how to get food, gave it an appetite and the ability to experience reward, added a dash of something called homeostatic plasticity and then exposed it to a very intoxicating drug. To no one's surprise, the creature became addicted.
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200616113903.htm
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