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OCD Mice And Optogenetics Treatments

June 11, 2013 by

By applying light stimulation to highly specific neurons in the brain, the researchers managed to re-establish normal behaviour in mice that had beforehand presented pathological repetitive behaviour similar to that observed in human patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorders. These results are published in the journal Science...

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