When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...
New research suggests that the commonly used ‘lab mouse’ may display behaviors entirely distinct from their wild-derived counterparts, prompting new considerations for the future of animal-based ...
When scientists opened the doors of a research facility and let carefully bred lab mice loose into a fenced field, they expected skittish, fragile animals to struggle. Instead, the mice rapidly shed ...
ITHACA, N.Y. – A new Cornell University study is the first to examine social behavior of lab mice in large outdoor enclosures. The research, published in the journal BMC Biology, took lab mice and ...
New research suggests female mice show more stable exploratory behavior than male mice, despite hormone cycles The results challenge a long-held assumption that hormones have a broad effect on ...
In the CAB Lab we study the neural and behavioral mechanisms that exert control over choices and adjustment of behavior to changes in the environment. We specifically focus on cortical circuits ...