How did a certain species of mice develop the ability to sing? And could the answer tell us something about the emergence of complex behaviors? This possibility led 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) graduate student to compare the brains of singing mice with those of regular lab mice.
On May 3, Isko graduated from the CSHL School of Biological Sciences. On May 6, her study, overseen by CSHL Associate Professor Arkarup Banerjee and Professor Anthony Zador, was published in .
Here, the recent graduate walks us through how she used MAPseq brain mapping technology to track individual neurons through the singing mouse鈥檚 brain in search of what exactly enables this remarkable behavior. The answer could provide new insight into evolution and guide neuroscience research in compelling new directions.
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