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Scans of mouse brain serotonin levels during different stages of sleep and wakefulness. Thick red and yellow streaks represent lower levels while thin ones represent higher levels.
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NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded scientists used artificial intelligence to help redesign a nutrient grabbing, Venus flytrap-shaped bacterial protein into a highly sensitive serotonin sensor. Here the sensor captured for the first time subtle, real time changes in brain serotonin levels as mice transitioned between different stages of sleep and wakefulness.
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Tian lab. University of California Davis School of Medicine.
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Scans of mouse brain serotonin levels during different stages of sleep and wakefulness. Thick red and yellow streaks represent lower levels while thin ones represent higher levels.
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Scans of mouse brain serotonin levels during different stages of sleep and wakefulness. Thick red and yellow streaks represent lower levels while thin ones represent higher levels.