Timothy Murphy

Professor
University of British Columbia

Timothy Murphy is professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada

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By Jessica Wright

8 November 2016

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Questions for Timothy Murphy: Mice take selfies of their brains

By coaching mice to position themselves under a microscope, researchers can regularly peer into their brains without disrupting the rodents’ social life.

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Questions for Timothy Murphy: Mice take selfies of their brains

By Jessica Wright

8 November 2016 | 7 min read

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