Behavioural chamber
- ID-nummer
- 2021.005.001
- Titel
- Behavioural chamber
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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This box was used in experiments for measuring a mouse’s preference for different surface temperatures. David Julius's research has increased our understanding of how our nervous system senses heat and cold. Receptors on the cell surface play a key role in this process. The research was conducted on mice whose genes for different receptors had been deactivated. The chamber has two parts, the temperature of which can be varied. A mouse where a temperature-sensitive gene has been deactivated moves between the two parts, while an ordinary mouse prefers the part with a comfortable temperature.
David Julius donated the behavioural chamber to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2021. - Pristagare
- David Julius
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