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Funding Deters Scientists from Developing New Models
Researchers say grant agencies should promote research with untried organisms
The Scientist 2004, 18(5):54
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In the 1950s, a young psychiatrist sought an animal with neurons large enough for electrophysiology experiments on learning and memory. The animal, Aplysia californica, eventually got dissected in neurobiology labs around the world. The psychiatrist fared a little better; he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
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