Stimulating or inhibiting specific neurons in mice can put them in a hibernation-like state called torpor. The same trick works in rats that don’t experience torpor naturally, suggesting it may also be possible in people Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2245639-brain-switch-lets-us-control-a-kind-of-suspended-animation-in-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…