[Business Office Feature] Mouse with a milkshake: Behavioral windows into brain function
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 15:22
in Biology & Nature
Neuroscientists are employing new techniques and technologies to use animal behavior as a window into brain function.For instance, researchers are teaching mice to nose-poke a touchscreen by doling out strawberry milkshakes as part ofcognitive testing. It's a light-hearted reminder of the similarity between mice and humans, perhaps—but hopes are risingthat new therapies developed using mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, for example, can be translated to humans.Read the Feature (Full-Text HTML)Read the Feature (PDF)Read New Products (PDF) Author: Caitlin Smith