Researchers Identify Brain Network That Makes Us Binge Drink

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A brain network in action. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Like all good things, drinking should always be practiced in moderation – unless you happen to be a lab mouse, in which case you may be required to binge drink in the name of science. In doing so, a group of experimental rodents recently enabled a team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study the neural activity controlling this type of uncontrolled boozing, providing new insights into what causes some people to go a little overboard when on the sauce.