Using lasers, scientists turn mice into ferociously efficient hunters

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 09:11 in Biology & Nature

A blue light affixed to a mouse’s skull flicks on. In less than a second, the rodent charges toward a scuttling plastic bug, grabs the toy and ferociously nibbles at it. Researchers at Yale University used this blue light to hijack the brains of mice. With the flip of a switch, the indifferent...

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