Hallucinating mice, dopamine and immunity; towards mechanistic treatment targets for psychosis
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Francis Crick Institute, London
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TINS Neurotwin
Duration
70 minutes
Abstract
Hallucinations are a core symptom of psychotic disorders and have traditionally been difficult to study biologically. We developed a new behavioral computational approach to measure hallucinations-like perception in humans and mice alike. Using targeted neural circuit manipulations, we identified a causal role for striatal dopamine in mediating hallucination-like perception. Building on this, we currently investigate the neural and immunological upstream regulators of these dopaminergic circuits with the goal to identify new biological treatment targets for psychosis
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