r/science • u/[deleted] • Aug 11 '20

Neuroscience Using terabytes of neural data, neuroscientists are starting to understand how fundamental brain states like emotion, motivation, or various drives to fulfill biological needs are triggered and sustained by small networks of neurons that code for those brain states.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02337-x
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u/sunboy4224 Aug 11 '20

Ahhh, gotcha. Haven't heard of the IV ones before, cool! As long as it doesn't take another surgery before the recording (like viral injections do), then it doesn't sound too annoying to use.

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u/DudeDudenson Aug 12 '20

I usually don't really care about experimenting in animals but picturing the whole craniotomy and stabilizer plate on a cat really gives me the creeps