Researchers make human neurons grow inside living rat brains
The human neurons may be altering the rats' behavior.
Tag: rats
Empathetic rats avoid hurting other rats
Humans and rats seem to share the same brain region responsible for empathetic behavior.
Rats trained to drive makeshift cars seem to find it relaxing
Unlike most of us, rats seem to find driving relaxing. The impromptu vehicle.Image credits University of Richmond. A team of ...
Exposure to cannabis leads to cognitive changes in the offspring of rats
The findings are still preliminary, but they do suggest that mothers should abstain a bit before and during pregnancy.
Think cats are good at keeping rats away? Think again
It's not about the fight, it's about what leads to the fight.
Naked mole-rats live extremely long lives and do not age, study finds
These are wrinkled creatures have some amazing superpowers.
Fleas and lice from humans, rather than rats, were likely responsible for spreading the Black Plague
New research seems to vindicate rats as the harbingers of one of the deadliest diseases in history.
NYC’s uptown and downtown rats don’t mix, new study found
A young graduate student spent years studying the genes of NYC rats.
Memories for opposing behaviors are stored in the same parts of the brain, study finds
One step closer to understanding memory.
Rats tickled past squeaking point to identify the brain’s “tickle center”
Their videos should used to identify my brain's "awww" center.
When mice ‘sing’ they produce ultrasounds we’ve only seen in jet engines
Until recently it wasn't clear how mice were able to 'sing' their high-pitched tunes.
Rats dream of getting to a brighter future
It's not just us humans that dream of a better future - rats do too. When rats rest, their brains ...
Rats rescue their friends from drowning out of empathy (and kindness)
We use the word "humane" to describe kind behavior and sympathy towards others, but the term might falsely lend some ...
Mad snake disease makes snakes tie themselves in knots they can’t get out of
One of the oddest behavior biologists have witnessed is Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) - a fatal disease that affects captive ...
Rats’ brains connect to form an organic computer
In an incredible feat of neuroscience and communications, researchers at Duke University School of Medicine formed a link between pairs of ...
Rats given ‘sixth sense’ after they recognize infrared light
Most brain-machine prosthetic research today is focused on supplementing a missing sense, like medical devices that restore hearing or sight. In ...
Cyborg-rats with artificial cerebellums – first step ahead the age of borg
Remarkably enough, scientists from Tel Aviv University in Israel, have manged to implant an artificial cerebellum in a rat's brain, ...
An interesting fact: Male fertility is in the bones
The researchers of the Columbia University Medical Center discovered a nice revealed a nice little nugget of information that will ...