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Testing a Prospective Medication To Help People Avoid Relapse
March 28, 2016
Animated rat pushing a lever in a test chamber

This NIDA Notes animation depicts a basic experiment that researchers use to test whether a prospective new medication might help people avoid relapse to an addictive drug. In such experiments, laboratory animals make an invaluable contribution to finding new treatments for addiction.

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