In the late 2000s and early 2010s, neurogeneticist Vivek Kumar, then a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, screened thousands of randomly mutagenized mice.

You may be familiar with this scenario: A child starts annoying another child, and they start bickering. To keep things from escalating, an adult distracts the children by focusing their attention on ...

New research suggests that the commonly used ‘lab mouse’ may display behaviors entirely distinct from their wild-derived counterparts, prompting new considerations for the future of animal-based ...

Top neuroscience labs are adapting new and unexpected tools to gain a deeper understanding of how mice, and ultimately humans, react to different drug treatments. By Peter Hess Published Jan 10, 2024 ...

Cutting-edge machine learning tools reveal hidden patterns in Alzheimer’s disease mouse behavior, opening the door to innovative treatments targeting neuroinflammation. Study: Machine learning reveals ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a new study. By performing a network analysis on whole-brain activity of male ...

Neurotypical humans readily optimize performance in 'reversal learning' games, but while mice learn the winning strategy, they refuse to commit to it, a new study shows. The research provides a ...

Inflammation in the hippocampus -- the brain's memory center -- significantly alters motivation and behavior in mice, according to new research. Inflammation in the hippocampus -- the brain's memory ...