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Nature Medicine 13, 413-414 (1 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/nm0407-413;

Premature poking: impulsivity, cocaine and dopamine

George Uhl

Dalley et al. have devised an experimental system that connects 'impulsivity', dopamine and addiction in rats. The approach, described in a recent issue of Science, suggests that rats chosen for impulsivity also self-administer large amounts of cocaine.

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