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Experimental mismatch in neural circuits

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The finding that acute and chronic manipulations of the same neural circuit can produce different behavioural outcomes poses new questions about how best to analyse these circuits. See Article p.358

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Figure 1: Mixed messages from neural manipulations.

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Südhof, T. Experimental mismatch in neural circuits. Nature 528, 338–339 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16323

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