Mouse Party | The Effects of Drugs on the Brain

The University of Utah built this fun game to briefly show the effects that different drugs have on our brain.

Click here to play the mouse game!

They use a cartoon aquarium full of laboratory mice who are "high" on different drugs. You are the lab worker, and you get to pick up the mice and plop them into a testing mechanism. The mechanism then gives us an insight into the chemical reactions inside the "high" mouses brain. When you are through learning about the drugs effects, the mouse is dropped back into it's cage and you can grab another mouse.

Kind of childish, but it gives us a pretty good idea of what effects different drugs have on our neurological system.

Thanks University of Utah!