Tanning Mice Get Physically Addicted

from 60-Second Health · host Scientific American

Mice regularly exposed to UV light produced feel-good endorphins and behaved like addicts. If humans do, too, it could explain why we seek sun, despite damage. Dina Fine Maron reports

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