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Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Microglia, From Being a WWII Orphan to the Nobel Prize | Mario Capecchi | 125

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Switching Fields and Studying Microglia in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

The speaker discusses their approach to switching fields in their research career and studying microglia in neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety and OCD. They talk about the use of optogenetics to activate microglia and the surprising results they have found. They also touch on the relevance of anxiety in today's world and the excitement of scientific discovery.

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