Researchers target, switch off serotonin-producing neurons in mice; New insights may be relevant to sudden infant death syndrome

Friday, July 29, 2011 - 03:31 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have developed a toolkit that enables them to turn off targeted cell populations while leaving others unaffected. The group focused on serotonin-producing neurons, observing how mice behave in a normal environment when suddenly their serotonin neurons are turned down.

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