Is 21st century neuroscience too focussed on the rat/mouse model of brain function and dysfunction?

• Main Authors: Paul Manger (Author), Jessica Cort (Author), Naseem Ebrahim (Author), Adelaya Goodman (Author), Justine Henning (Author), Mohamed Karolia (Author), Stacey-Lee Rodrigues (Author), Goran Strkalj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Studies in the basic neurosciences are heavily reliant upon rat and mouse models. The brain is one of the most distinguishing features of the human species, but is enough being done to fully understand the evolution of the human brain and brain diversity in generalµ Without a clear underst...