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...