Sensing Serotonin (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Sensing Serotonin

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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 wakefulness.

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Courtesy of Tian lab. University of California Davis School of Medicine.

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