Anesthetized or sedated mice that were cared for by helper mice recovered faster than those without such assistance.

Now, he and his colleagues show that unconscious mice elicit a suite of behaviors from cage mates that seem to speed recovery ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish ...

This study demonstrates the critical role of Afadin on the generation and maintenance of complex cellular layers in the mouse retina. The data are solid, which provides important insights into how ...

Young mice seemingly attempt to revive an anaesthetised cage mate by grooming and biting it and will even pull aside the ...

A Potential Solution for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-16. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1112714 . Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a complex neurodegenerative condition, significantly ...

But the performance of the technology—how easily and accurately a BCI user’s thoughts move a cursor, for example—is limited ...

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a ...

Adrienne Kinman, a PhD student in Dr. Cembrowski’s lab and the study’s lead author, discovered the cells’ unique properties ...