image: This cartoon provides a whimsical take on optogenetic stimulation leading to repetitive grooming in mice. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the June 7, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Susanne Ahmari at Columbia University in New York, NY, and colleagues was titled, "Repeated Cortico-Striatal Stimulation Generates Persistent OCD-Like Behavior." view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Dian Yu, Susanne Ahmari]