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Past research suggests that public support for the use of animal models as means to improve the human condition is present but many individuals have expressed ambivalence. In the present study, various sectors of the academic community (students and faculty) as well as the general population, were surveyed to assess their positions on the need for, and value of animal research, the value of psychological research in which animals are employed, and the respondents' consummatory habits. The results suggested that more information needs to be provided about the role of animal experimentation, including a discussion of the benefits produced by using animals to answer psychological questions.

The noradrenergic system of the locus coeruleus has been implicated in a variety of processes including reinforcement, attention, and acquisition and retention of learned behaviors. Its dense projections, some of which are shared by the cholinergic system , provide an ideal network within which to study the cognitive impairments related to aging. The current investigation explored the effects of piperoxane, an