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Mice That Hear Imaginary Sounds May Help Explain Hallucinations In People – 89.3 KPCC
An experiment that induced imaginary sounds in both people and mice could help explain how brain disorders like schizophrenia cause hallucinations.
A technique that induces imaginary sounds in both mice and people could help scientists understand the brain circuits involved in schizophrenia and other disorders that cause hallucinations.
The technique appears to offer “a way to study psychotic disorders in animals,” says Adam Kepecs, a professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
It also shows how levels of the brain chemical dopamine determine the likelihood that a mouse or a person will…
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