The proposed experiment would have involved giving 18 narcoleptic Dobermans antidepressants or methamphetamine, then killing the dogs and studying how the drugs affect the production of histamines in their brains, reports the Los Angeles Times.
“A research proposal for breeding and studying these dogs was approved through VA’s Merit Review and the national Office of Research and Development recently,” the VA said in a statement to the members of Congress. “It would have involved giving therapeutic doses of the drugs used to manage narcolepsy in humans, and would have required euthanasia; however the researcher has no current plans to breed further and it is expected the study will not be done.”
