ELi5: Rats seem to be the gold standard for behavioral lab experiments – why? Other than quantity, what makes rats good test subjects in relation to humans?
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Compared to the other responses this seems kinda niche but another reason the lab we got our data from used small rodents was their thin skulls. You could record their neuronal activity (using fluorescent calcium) without having to do any invasive operations.
Source: Wrote CS thesis in Neuroscience institute. Didn’t have anything to do with the experiments though so limited insight there.
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