2019.12.04

Rabies on the brain

Using engineered forms of the rabies virus, neuroscientists can map brain cicuits with unprecedented precision

SPIKY PROTEIN COAT of the rabies virus (shown magnified roughly a million times) enables it to pass from neuron to neuron.   credit: Chris Bjornberg Science Source

SPIKY PROTEIN COAT of the rabies virus (shown magnified roughly a million times) enables it to pass from neuron to neuron. credit: Chris Bjornberg Science Source

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