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Seven Tomek: Opioids & The Brain

Seven Tomek: Opioids & The Brain

Update: 2020-06-24
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Dr. Seven Tomek is a neuroscientist who recently earned her PhD at Arizona State University. She talks with Valerie and Carly about her research on opioids and social behavior, how she became interested in a region of the brain called the insula, and why she prefers rat participants to human participants. Seven shares her underdog story of how she became a neuroscientist, and Valerie reports on how Seven’s Instagram page expanded her research assistants’ minds about what a neuroscientist can look like. Scott from the Gin Blossoms, Seven's friend, leaves a message for Carly and Valerie and they debate quitting their jobs to become roadies.

Read IFL Science's coverage of Seven’s work here: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/rats-love-their-friends-more-than-sugar-but-less-than-heroin/
Follow her on Instagram @seventomek and Twitter @SevenTomek

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Seven Tomek: Opioids & The Brain

Seven Tomek: Opioids & The Brain

Valerie Earnshaw & Carly Hill