The side wall of psychology professor Bart Hoebel's office is lined with dozens of storage boxes. One is labeled "salt," another "self-stimulation," yet another "crave." Then there is the cluster of ...
Research by scientists at the University of Sydney has identified a constituent in the cannabis plant that improves sleep. Their report is the first to use objective measures to show the component, ...
In attempts to find ways to suppress cancer cells and study gender behavior, Boston University laboratories use animals for research. Primarily, they use rats specifically bred for this purpose, so as ...
A 'golden age' of rat research may be here. What the often unwanted companions can teach us about us
When ecologist Jason Munshi-South started studying rodents in New York City, more than a decade ago, he was mainly interested in native animals— specifically white-footed mice. He’d visit the city’s ...
If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that ...
Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some ...
Propensity to addiction starts with the very first drug use experience, a new study shows. Consuming addictive substances often involves an unpleasant experience, like using a needle, ingesting a ...
When the cat’s away, to paraphrase an old cliché, the rats will play. Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp, working at Washington State University, has devoted a decade to watching that play. And from those ...
Crypto-funded DeSci group HydraDAO said its researchers restored mobility in rats with severed spines within five days using a novel PEG-chitosan compound. Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) ...
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