METHOD OF MEASURING INTENSITY OF HANGOVER, METHOD OF INDUCING HANGOVER OF TEST ANIMALS, METHOD OF MEASURING HANGOVER SYMPTOM RESTRAINING EFFECT, METHOD OF SCREENING HANGOVER RESTRAINING DRUG, AND METHOD OF SELECTING ALCOHOLIC DRINK LESS LIKELY TO INDUCE HANGOVER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of quantitatively (objectively) measuring the intensity of hangover, a method of inducing hangover on test animals, a method of measuring potency of hangover restraining drugs, a method of screening hangover restraining drug, and a method of selecting alcoholic drink less likely to induce hangover.SOLUTION: A method of measuring the level of hangover comprises: (A) a step of administering ethanol to test animals and then reducing to substantial zero the alcohol concentrations in the blood of the animals in an active period; (B) a step of inducing a state of hangover on the animals in the active period by, after the administration of ethanol, substantially reducing the quantity of actions and/or spontaneous exercise quantity of the test animals; and (C) a step of measuring the quantity of actions and/or spontaneous exercise quantity of the test animals since the start of the active period.