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SCIENCE STUDIO: Synaptic Transmissions

Northern New Mexico College

    Keith & Russ talk with Ulises Ricoy, Chair of the Department of Biology, Northern New Mexico College.  He talks about his early start studying rats for memory research, and why he decided to study addiction and why addicts must unlearn or relearn behavior during their recovery.  He also talks about why heavy metals in the environment may affect the release of neurotransmitters in our brains, and how this may be useful in studying addictive behavior.

Aired Dec. 29, 2013.

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