R-708-5p is a stress-regulated microRNA and a potential biomarker for the differential diagnosis of human mood disorders.

Duke University got $580 million in grants and contracts last year from the National Institutes of Health. Threatened Trump administration cuts would force some very tough decisions at one of the ...

The ThermoMaze behavioral paradigm enables the collection of extensive physiological data while animals remain at distinct experimenter-controlled locations during rest.

Extinction is still forever, but scientists are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts — ...

More than a century ago, the waltzing mouse exploded as the most popular pet in America. Now we know these spazzed-out tiny ...

In laboratory tests, researchers introduced mice to either a fully active companion ... The study also found that mice were more likely to help familiar cage mates than unfamiliar ones, hinting ...

Lab mice may give 'first aid' to unconscious mates ... when they placed an anesthetized mouse back in its cage, its cage mate would start acting strangely, sniffing and biting around the ...

In a lab at the University of Southern California, a mouse notices something is wrong. Its cage mate lies motionless, unresponsive. Without hesitation, the mouse begins to sniff, groom, and then — ...

Two research teams, one led by Wenjian Sun from the University of Southern California and another by Fangmiao Sun from the University of California in Los Angeles, systematically tested these ...

Now, neuroscientists at the University of Southern California have observed laboratory mice appearing to do the same for their unconscious cage mates. Their findings were published in the journal ...

In a laboratory setting, if a pup is collected from the nest and released in a different part of the cage, the mother will readily reach the pup, pick it up with the mouth and carry it back to safety ...

Several years ago, the University of Southern California neuroscientist's team began noticing that sometimes, when they placed an anesthetized mouse back in its cage, its cage mate would start acting ...