Rathons with millions of human neurons in your brain approach the response to mental illness

Scientists from the United States and Spain create living rodents whose cerebral cortex comes from healthy people to facilitate the research of autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy

Published on RocksNews: 18 Sept 2026, 13:17 UTC
Updated: 18 Sept 2026, 15:40 UTC
Language: English (Original language: Spanish)

Rathons with millions of human neurons in your brain approach the response to mental illness — Image credit: S. Pasca/Stanford (EL PAÍS)

Scientists from the United States and Spain create living rodents whose cerebral cortex comes from healthy people to facilitate the research of autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy