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2024-11-14 23:07:27 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 058C453B3C216F1A0C39B3B8CB716E914A8841F058129324B0403D4947293A7F
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Original Note:
The study in question was not given $3 million to “watch hamsters on steroids fight”; it sought to characterize the electrophysiological changes in brain systems which modulate aggression and are known to undergo changes when exposed to anabolic steroids. https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(15)01064-7/abstract https://www.peta.org/blog/northeastern-universitys-animal-fighting-ring-taxpayer-funded/
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