Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...
Recent research identifies 16 human nerve cell types, revealing complex sensory responses and challenging traditional views ...
A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...
With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...
Wet dog shakes” – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...
A team of neurobiologists at Harvard Medical School's Howard Hughes Medical Institute has uncovered the neural mechanism ...
Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA ...
Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to ...
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking cancer treatment that works like a precision-guided missile with a powerful immune ...
They worked primarily with mice, using various genetic tools to manipulate specific types of neurons. They created specialized mouse lines where they could either activate or eliminate specific ...