Mouse neuron cluster (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Mouse neuron cluster

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Bo Li discovered a cluster of neurons in the mouse brain that influence motivation. These cells activate a gene called Fezf2 and are connected to and activate other neurons, which are stained green in this image of a mouse brain.

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Li lab/CSHL, 2021

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