Controlling Mice
Scientist from the Scripps Research Institute have performed an experiment on mice where they have inputted harnessed neurons in the mice brains. They were initially looking to find "How does the activity of the the brain represent the world" but neurologist Mark Mayford led a brand new study to use this experiment to "understand what goes wrong in situations where you have inappropriate perceptions. They started off by inserting two genes that manipulate memories in the mice which they tied to a natural gene that turns on and off in specific memories.
I found this particular article interesting because just the brain itself is a very interesting topic to research. In addition, the way it works and everything just blows my mind. Its quite astonishing how the brain controls every aspect of your body and all the tiny components. Another reason I found this article interesting was because how it talked about memory and the active and inactive genes.
8 comments:
Nice post! I think the way the brain stores memories is very interesting and I wonder when we will fully understand how the process works.
This is really cool ! Its crazy how science has advanced so much that researchers are able to manipulate memory in the brain.
That's pretty cool. Discoveries like this open gateways to new research and activities.
I also really like articles about the brain because the brain is so complex and interesting, yet we know so little about it!
The functions of the brain can be mind blowing!
haha yeah the brain is awesomee
It'd be interesting to see how these genes or what effects would occur from similar experiments on larger scale mammals
This made me think of what Knuffke said about how what we see and hear and feel is only our perception of the world, we can be completely imagining everything around us. It blows my mind too!
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