This Week in Neuroscience

TWiN 21: How do we know if a mouse is hallucinating?

08.24.2021 - By Vincent RacanielloPlay

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TWiN explores a study of hallucination-like perception in mice which supports the idea that hallucinations arise as faulty perceptual inferences due to elevated dopamine in the striatum. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Ori Lieberman, and Timothy Cheung Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiN! Links for this episode Listener poll - please take it Striatal dopamine and hallucination in mice (Science) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]

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