8 years ago
Scientists Use Light to Turn Mice Into Predatory Killers
The house mouse is a relatively benign animal, feeding almost entirely on plant matter. Its scientific counterpart, the laboratory mouse, is even more so, dieting on nutritive food pellets. But tickle a specific part of its brain, and this humble rodent instantly transforms into a predatory killer. When Ivan Eid Tavares de Araujo, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University, uncovered this fascinating neurological quirk...
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