Of Mice and Men and Medicines

Drugs that alleviate symptoms of mental illness in mice often produce human treatments. But their mental breakdowns look nothing like ours.

By Hannah Holmes
Feb 24, 2012 12:00 AMOct 10, 2019 2:47 PM
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You won’t find more mentally ill mice per square mile anywhere than in Bar Harbor, Maine. Mice who seem anxious or depressed, autistic or schizophrenic—they congregate here. Mice who model learning disabilities or anorexia; mice who hop around as though your hyperactive nephew had contracted into a tiny fur ball; they are here too. Name an affliction of the human mind, and you can probably find its avatar on this sprucy, secluded island.

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