Female Norway rats that receive help from an unfamiliar partner become significantly more willing to assist a completely ...

“Just because males and females can learn or remember the same experience doesn’t mean how their brains get there is the same ...

Researchers used artificial intelligence to teach rats how to move objects in virtual reality by simply thinking about where they want them to go. The result is an intriguing type of rat telekinesis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of South Carolina in Columbia. (Tracy Glantz/tglantz@thestate.com) A series of experiments at USC involving rats, ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, suggesting that rats can serve as a model for complex cognitive processes often ...

In an experiment reminiscent of "Frankenstein," scientists found that rat brain cells can fill in for lost neurons in mice, even allowing the host rodents to sniff out sweets. While splicing rat and ...

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Peking University-led researchers have modified an existing treatment for liver disease that does not cause itchiness, a common side effect of existing treatments. Chronic itch is a debilitating ...

Have you heard the story about the lab rats who got hooked on cocaine, neglected everything else, and eventually starved themselves to death? This chilling story is called “cocaine rats.” They were ...

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