Scientists have zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a ...

Summary: Scientists have identified the brain circuitry that drives spiny mice to prefer larger social groups. The study ...

Unlike the rats and mice commonly used in laboratory research, spiny mice evolved to live in the wild in large ... “It’s more like a little society.” Brandon Fricker, first author of ...

I’ve lived for many years in an old apartment building in New York and, for all the years I’ve spent in this elevator ...

Generating animal models that ... were introduced into LOAD1 mice, which already carry ApoE4 and TREM2-R47H risk alleles.

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Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of ...