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An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.
An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.
We already develop drugs and perform a lot of research with the first techniques, example device here: https://open-ephys.org/miniscope-v4/miniscope-v4
It looks quite grotesque when mounted on the mice mind you. The “flourescent molecules” are by far the coolest, just google GFP (green flourescent proteins) and optogenetics - basically force specific behaviours or genetic expression in a mouse by shining light in the area you injected the optogenetic anitbodies.
Edit: GORE/NSFW warning Heres a better photo of a mounted miniscope: https://francis.naukas.com/files/2019/02/Dibujo20190203-Open-source-UCLA-Miniscope-nature-methods-41592_2018_266_Fig1-768x449.png