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7 ODYS SEY

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he University of Kentucky, the Commonwealth's gradu—

ate education and research institution, exists to provide oppore
tunities for the education, personal growth and development of
individuals and to contribute to the improvement of society.

With this mission as its premise, one goal of the University is
to conduct programs of basic and applied research which sup;
port graduate and professional education, provide for the
advancement of knowledge, and seek solutions to the acute
problems of society

The University's research mission also acts as a magnet for
attracting top graduate students who want to participate in
nationally competitive research projects. This research experi—
ence can offer them a significant advantage in their education
while laying the foundation for future research and develop—
ment. ODYSSEY Magazine, through articles about vari—
ous research projects and graduate education programs, reflects
the breadth of the University's search for new knowledge and
the myriad of research endeavors underway The progress that
the University has made toward achieving its research mission
and securing the extramural funds required to support these
types of endeavors would have been impossible without the tal—
ents and dedication of our researchers

The goal of ODYSSEY Magazine is to offer the reader
the opportunity to share in some of the excitement, curiosity
and creativity evident in the research underway at the Univen
sity of Kentucky,

 

 

 

  

ODYSSEY

 

Volume Vi, No 2

 

University Archives

CONTENTS Margaret I. King Library - North

University oi Kentucky

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15 Cocaine Addiction Inherited? Z

 

 

The Feminization of Poverty 6

 

Sensationalized Science 17

 

When Subatomic Worlds Collide Zl

 

The Dissatisfaction Reaction 26

 

Oancreen Hunt for a Silent Killer 30

 

Research Briefs 35

 

 

Research Briefs, [7. 35

ODYSSEY is a magazine published by the University of Kentucky Research Foundation under the auspices of
the \ ice Chancell or for Research and the Dean of the Graduate School Each issue of ODYSSEY describes
only a few of the many UniV ersity of Kentucky research projects underway in a VarietV of areas.

Requests for permission to reprint material and readers‘ comments regarding ODYSSEY are \Velcome and
should be sent to the Editor University of Kentucky Research Foundation Univ ersitV of KentuckV Le\ing
ton Jr0506 0037. Phone 606 251 82%.

The publication of ODYSSEY is not financed by state—appropriated funds.

Editor: Susan H. Donohew. Asst. Editor: Jeff Worley. Designer: Shear & Shear. Publications Asst.:
Sharon J. Turner. Contributing Writers: Elizabeth Hansen, John Fritz, Laith Alkhoja. Typesetting:
Maury Boyd St Associates.

Credits: photos on pp. 3 and 11" by Lee P. Thomas; photos on pp. 5, ll, 22‘ 2'3, 30, 31, and 32 by Ken Goad;
photos on pp. 7. 18, 20, 24, 29, and 34 by Bill \X’ells; photo on p. 38 by John Ragland; photo on p. 35 by
Linda Butler; c0Ver photo by Comstock; back cover photo courtesy of Quantam Medical Systems inc/The
Waggener Group.

 

 

 

  

by John Fritz

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IS COCAINE
ADDICTION INHE ITED?

 

n the center of the steel arena, the white

mouse pauses. He seems alert and calm, in

no hurry. It seems clear, even to the
mouse, that in this small, circular, screened’in
place there is nowhere to go. Boredom is king
in this tiny kingdom.

In an identical chamber directly above this
one, another mouse seems to be clawing his
way across the stable surface of the arena.
Then suddenly runs two quick laps, pink feet
out of sync with the determined body. Then
he stops, skidding sideways, as if on ice. The
mouse isn't on ice; he is on cocaine.

At the University of Kentucky, Dr. John M.
Carney, associate professor of pharmacology,
and Dr. Thomas W7. Seale, associate professor
of pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma,
are experimenting with mice in order to
determine the behavioral effects of cocaine.
The researchers, who have been awarded a
$360,000 grant by the National Institute on
Drug Abuse, are attempting to discover, by
analyzing the behavior of laboratory mice,
whether or not a person’s potential to abuse a
particular drug is genetically determined.

”It's well known that people respond differ—
ently to caffeine, a behavioral stimulant found
in coffee and other beverages," Carney ex—
plains. “And we have found that the ability
to respond to caffeine~lil