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According to the conclusions of a new study published in the latest issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it would appear that the exposure to fungicides causes autism, obesity, anxiety and stress in lab rats.
These negative effects can be observed in the rodents'... |
24 May 2012
04:22 GMT |
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In a surprising study, investigators at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) discovered that when it comes to making decisions that involve combining different sensory cues, rats are just as efficient as humans are. Previously, scientists thought this was not possible. What this research suggests is that the ra... |
14 March 2012
05:25 GMT |
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A group of experts at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim were recently able to explain the teleportation effect rats feel. It was determined that certain neurons in the rodents' brains compete for dominance for precise periods of time.
The effect can be seen as the animals scamper... |
30 September 2011
03:07 GMT |
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The parasite Toxoplasma is dead serious when it comes to fulfilling its reproductive cycle. Fortunately for it, the death part applies to rats it infects in order to achieve its purpose. Infected rodents lose their fear response when exposed to cat urine, which makes them easy targets for the felines. Whenever rats s... |
19 August 2011
05:01 GMT |
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The fact that teens are more exposed to dangers stemming from addiction is well-known, but scientists have been trying to figure out how and why their brains function the way they do for quite some time. Among the things that affect adolescents more than any other age group the experts included drug abuse, behavioral... |
27 January 2011
09:56 GMT |
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A new investigation has determined that pleasurable activities such as eating and having intercourse do not only provide pleasure, but also a means of reducing stress, by inhibiting neural pathways in the brain. These effects last for up to seven days, so they can be considered long-term. Experts have known for a lon... |
11 November 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Puzzle Quest is a mix between a role playing game and a match-3 developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher that arrived on platforms like Xbox Live and the PC, with a version for the PlayStation Portable handheld also in development.I hate Puzzle Quest 2 because I died while battling a rat. Repea... |
8 September 2010
19:01 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital has recently managed to develop a new method for dealing with liver grafts. The researchers say that, in a few years, it may become possible to grow replacement livers using biocompatible tissue scaffolding derived from rat livers, and human-derived cel... |
14 June 2010
04:42 GMT |
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According to the results of a new scientific study, it would appear that a large number of events can be observed in the human brain as accompanying the “Eureka!” or “aha” moments. When this happens, most people report a thought, an answer, or a realization simply popping up in their heads. Bu... |
18 May 2010
20:01 GMT |
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A new review on how lab mice and rats are being treated and experimented upon shows that the unhealthy conditions in which the animals live may be keeping scientists from progressing, and even skewing their results. The report highlights the fact that most research groups keep their animals in extremely unhealthy con... |
3 March 2010
03:46 GMT |
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Scientists have recently revealed that being a mother, or exhibiting motherly behavior, boosts the number of neurons in the rat brain. The finding could also be applicable to humans, seeing how rats are considered to be a very close model to our own brains for this type of research. The investigators learned that eve... |
18 December 2009
02:38 GMT |
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Stem cells are currently under large waves of self-righteous, moral criticism for nothing, when they could be saving lives. These precursor cells have proven their ability to cure or replace a large number of organs, including hearts, lungs, livers, skin, and so on. Just recently, it was shown that stem cells derived... |
27 November 2009
19:01 GMT |
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A new scientific study would appear to suggest that over-eaters are not necessarily pushed into eating more by their stomachs, but by their brains. The investigation, which was conducted on unsuspecting rats, proved that the brain chemistry of over-eaters and drug addicts was very similar, which sheds new light on th... |
10 November 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have recently managed a breakthrough in understanding how the human brain makes sense of the physical world around it. They compare the process to navigating the planet using Google Maps. For a general overview, a default map works. But, when you... |
7 October 2009
09:05 GMT |
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In a breakthrough accomplishment that could have significant implications for humans as well, experts at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) managed to cure rats suffering from spinal-cord injuries, using nothing more than electrical stimulation, and a daily routine of exercises. The small rodents were... |
21 September 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Although it may sound unbelievable, many scientific achievements take place behind closed doors and beyond the knowledge of the public. Such is the case with the work of University of Reading experts Kevin Warwick and Ben Whalley, from the UK, who are currently conducting experiments on controlling robots with cluste... |
10 September 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Lab rats and mice are the animals that have perhaps advanced medicine and related fields the most, experts believe. Their similarities to us, genetically speaking, have made them the test subjects of choice for a number of experiments investigating various diseases, as well as the action of various individual genes. ... |
2 September 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Neotoma lepida, a species more commonly known as the woodrat, has been living for thousands of years on whatever plants it can find on the ground. Millennia ago, it used to consume the toxic parts of juniper, a plant that is renowned for the toxins it contains. As the climate of the southwestern part of the United St... |
10 August 2009
10:34 GMT |
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The European “ICEA” project is a continental-sized endeavor of creating artificial intelligence-operated systems that could benefit mankind, especially in the field of medicine. As part of this program, British researchers from the University of the West of England, the University of Bristol – who t... |
6 July 2009
17:01 GMT |
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In laboratory conditions, researchers test various aspects of lab rats' behavior, in a bid to find parallels between their way of acting in certain situations and our own. Once this happens, they find an animal model for a certain human trait, various aspects of which they can analyze. In a recent investigation,... |
18 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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A new find made by experts at the University of Michigan shows that anxiety may actually be favored by a chemical that was originally meant to aid our brains develop normally. The new study reveals that rats who were bred in such a manner that they suffered from higher degrees of anxiety than others exhibited a signi... |
13 May 2009
10:18 GMT |
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A breakthrough study by psychologists at the University of Haifa has revealed that adversities suffered by mother rats have significant consequences on their offspring's behavior, later on in life. The researchers clarified that the adversity did not affect the pregnancy directly, but possibly through other unde... |
12 May 2009
10:55 GMT |
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Packrats in the southwestern parts of the US were subjected to a very drastic change in scenery, from 18,700 to 10,000 years ago, as the region in which they lived gradually became warmer. The juniper trees, their main source of food, and the most enjoyable at that, disappeared due to the increased temperatures, and ... |
6 April 2009
16:01 GMT |
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New research from Princeton University (PU) proves that sugar is indeed addictive to small animals, such as rats and innocent lab mice. During the tests, PU scientist Bart Hoebel offered mice sugared water for weeks, and then analyzed the effects sugar deprivation had on the little creatures. He described their react... |
11 December 2008
17:01 GMT |
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