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Simulated sea slug gets addicted to drug

Cyberslug was modeled on Pleurobranchaea californica, a sea slug with a simple nervous system.
Rhanor Gillette and his colleagues simulated a sea slug brain in a computer model, added a few extra circuits, and gave it access to food and an intoxicating drug. The work offers insight into the process of addiction and will be a useful tool for further studies, Gillette said.