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Venniro, M., Zhang, M., Caprioli, D., Hoots, J. K., Golden, S. A., Heins, C., ... & Shaham, Y. (2018). Volitional social interaction prevents drug addiction in rat models. Nature neuroscience, 1.
Negative social interactions and isolation have been linked with heightened risk of drug self-administration and relapse, whereas positive social interactions can act as a protective factor against substance abuse.
Recent research, published in Nature Neuroscience, has analysed the choice made between drugs and social interaction, using rats. The rats in the study where offered a series of choices between drug (methamphetamine or heroin) and interaction with a familiar or unfamiliar rat.
The researchers found that, when presented with the option of social reward, the rats would not choose...
