Remote Control Brain Receptors

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We have a powerful way to study how brains work thanks to a relatively new technology called chemogenetics. With chemogenetics, scientists can give an injection to mice that turns specific parts of their brains on or off! This video was sponsored by Skillshare. The first 1000 people who click the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/scishowpsych08211 Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow Psych by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowPsych SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Become a Patron and have your name featured in the description of every SciShow Psych episode! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowPsych ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.pnas.org/content/104/12/5163 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24525710/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22442487/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31900153/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759656/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29673525/ ​​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539894/ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/active-nerve-cell-synapses-3d-illustration-gm1249958309-364406032 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neurotransmitters.jpg https://www.istock

Published 2021-08-24 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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