• GluWu@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    55
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    If a mouse did this in study, we would euthanize it from mercy. I don’t even know if the first meth mice were this obsessive compulsive.

    • Chocrates@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      5 months ago

      That’s not true. They have put mouse exercise wheels in the wild and mice use them for fun. Mice love to run.

      There was actually an interesting “exercise drug” line of research seeing if they could make a pharmaceutical that would make exercise fun. Wonder if that went anywhere.

      • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        5 months ago

        I think you are thinking of PPAR-δ agonists, it’s not about making exercise fun though. More like exercise in a pill. It worked, but gave the rats tumours I believe. People use it anyway, which seems a bit risky.

        • Chocrates@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          5 months ago

          Yeah I know about that one! But in that same article (assuming we are thinking about the same one) they interviewed another scientist working on the other kind of drug.

          Last I checked a less tumour inducing version of the drug was going into phase 1 clinical trials for muscular dystrophyin the last year or so

          • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            5 months ago

            Good, it’s an exciting area of research. Don’t know about any article, I just happen to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of PEDs. I’d definitely be interested to hear about the other thing.

            • Chocrates@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              5 months ago

              I would personally love an exercise pill. I have pretty severe depression so getting into an exercise routine is a huge struggle. If I could take some medication that helped I would be so happy.

    • CptEnder@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      5 months ago

      I live in Brooklyn, if a dude circled my block like this someone would def call the cops on him