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Asked by Tizzy to MarthaNari, Hannah on 13 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by anonymouse.
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Martha Havenith answered on 13 Jun 2015:
No, but I have worked with cats a few years ago, and colleagues of mine in the same group do experiments with humans (i.e. make them play computer games 🙂 ). That way we can compare results and see which insights from the mice most likely apply to humans too.
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Hannah Greenwood answered on 15 Jun 2015:
I only work on human samples but I use a lot of antibodies that have been made in rabbits. I also have colleagues who work with fruit flies (drosophila melanogaster), worms (C.elegans) and/or some species of monkey.
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Tizzy commented on :
Oh! do the mice end up dying?
MarthaNari commented on :
Tizzy: Yes, when they get old we have to kill them because otherwise they would start to suffer – you can’t carry an electrode around on your head forever. It’s sad, but while they are alive they are comfortable and happy with us (at least I would say so…you’d have to ask them…).