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...Chen; Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser; Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Jae U. Jung; Associate Professor of Pathology Andrew A. Lackner; Instructor in Veterinary Medicine David E. Lee-Parritz; Associate Professor of Psychobiology Bertha K. Madras; Professors of Psychobiology William H. Morse and Roger D. Spealman; James T. Wortham, associate director of the New England Regional Primate Research Center; and Associate Professor of Medicine Frederick C. Wang...
...research is done in monkeys or in monkey tissue," said Spealman. One such experiment was the self-administration test, in which the animals were allowed to take cocaine intravenously by performing a specific task...
...other experiments, monkeys were trained to report whether they had received cocaine or a placebo, and also discriminate between different drugs, Spealman said...
...addition, Spealman said, cocaine agonists--chemicals that compete for the binding sites of the drug--could be used to alleviate withdrawal symptoms without themselves being addictive...
...These drugs could be used in a similar way to methadone for heroin addicts," Spealman said...