Behaviorial pharmacology, behind the scenes

I was unaware the DrugMonkey and PhysioProf were on the payroll of The Onion.

I'm not a behaviorial pharmacologist but I know quite a few and it didn't keep me from howling out loud at yet another gem from one of my favorite satirical pubs.

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Thanks for the chortles.

That brought to mind one of the first pieces of pharmacology humor I ever saw -- I think it was in 1962 at the FASEB meetings in Atlantic City. A group of grad students and post-docs from the pharmacology department of one of the London medical schools showed a movie they'd put together, ostensibly for recruiting new grad students in pharmacology -- done in the style of the "Carry On..." movies which were very popular at that time. It was hilarious. I wonder if any copies still exist.

The test subject, a common house mouse, briskly traversed the complicated wooden maze in under 30 seconds or, according to the study's final report, roughly 1/8,789,258 as long as it took the lab to secure funding for the experiment.

this was a serious screen cleaning moment.

By DrugMonkey (not verified) on 04 May 2008 #permalink