Lab mice that 'touch grass' are less anxious — and that highlights a big problem in rodent research

Mice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that ...
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1 targeted brain tweak erased anxiety in mice, here’s what it suggests

Anxiety is often described as a whole‑brain problem, but a series of mouse experiments suggests that, in some cases, a single misfiring circuit can tip the balance between calm and fear. By nudging ...
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Scientists Trick Mice with Human Experiment—Here’s Why It Has ‘Unparalleled’ Value

Mice have been shown to experience an artificial sense of limb ownership, similar to the famous "rubber-hand illusion" in humans. "The rubber hand illusion is a staple of the study of body ...

Progenitor cells constantly attempt to produce new myelin-producing brain cells, study finds

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...
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Why do scientists use mice for experiments and how do they mirror human biology?

Mice have remained the focal point for life sciences research for the past several decades. Their universality in biomedicine lies in the fact that they present unparalleled insights into human ...

Endometrial mRNA therapy to treat infertility finds early success

Researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Nanomedicine—which designs nanotechnology-based ...