John Bumpass Calhoun’s life’s work — studying rats and mice — was grounded here in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins University.

Mice are one of the most dangerous houseguests. They can carry numerous diseases and can cause property damage as they burrow ...

US researchers have found an astonishingly simple brain circuit of just three types of neurons controls chewing motions in ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects. These animals may be small, but their contribution to current research is ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

In the 1940s, scientists at the recently established National Cancer Institute were trying to breed mice that could inform our understanding of cancer, either because they predictably developed ...

To boost their super senses of smell, these humble little creatures might be manipulating nanoparticles with sound.

Researchers at Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new form of precision medicine, an ...

The scientists were investigating the hippocampus, a brain area that plays a key role in memory in humans and mice. Specifically, they focused on the CA2 region, which is significant for social ...

Recent research identifies 16 human nerve cell types, revealing complex sensory responses and challenging traditional views on nerve specificity. In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

The scientists were investigating the hippocampus, a brain area that plays a key role in memory in humans and mice. Specifically, they focused on the CA2 region, which is significant for social ...