Mice (IMAGE)

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Mice

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Animals need to sense the distance from their relatives and predators quickly. This can be useful to take a psychological posture to come closer or to escape. Mouse and rat neurons in the barrel cortex were unresponsive to light, but a strong majority responded to sound. This work will be interesting to learn how the same system is advantageous in humans.

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Shoji Komai

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