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<div><font face="Times">UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY PUBLIC
RELEASE: 14-JUL-2015</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times">Intellectual pursuits may buffer the brain
against addiction<br>
<i>Study finds that mice who were intellectually stimulated were less
likely to seek a cocaine high</i></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times">excerpt</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times">Challenging the idea that addiction is
hardwired in the brain, a new UC Berkeley study of mice suggests that
even a short time spent in a stimulating learning environment can
rewire the brain's reward system and buffer it against drug
dependence.</font></div>
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Scientists tracked cocaine cravings in more than 70 adult male mice
and found that those rodents whose daily drill included exploration,
learning and finding hidden tasty morsels were less likely than their
enrichment-deprived counterparts to seek solace in a chamber where
they had been given cocaine.</font><br>
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<div>full press release here:</div>
<div>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/uoc--ipm071415.php</div
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