It isn't just people—when given the chance, rats may also use cannabis to cope with stress, according to a study by ...

We ran rats through this extensive battery of behavioral and biological tests, and what we found was that when we look at all ...

Seven years ago, researchers at Stanford University started an ambitious experiment: They began growing miniature, simplified versions of the human brain from stem cells inside a lab, then later ...

Recent experimental findings suggest that d-amphetamine, a potent central nervous system stimulant, can override learned ...

Rats with naturally high stress levels were far more likely to self-administer cannabis when given access. Behavioral testing showed that baseline stress hormones were the strongest predictor of ...

Rats and humans are more similar than you might imagine, at least according to a new study by Washington State University.

New research shows that rats with naturally higher baseline stress hormone levels are significantly more likely to self-administer cannabis vapor.

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas ...

Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behavior of fish on surrounding coral reefs. The new study shows that the presence of ...

The researchers injected the human tissue into the rats’ somatosensory cortexes — regions that receive and process sensory information like touch or pain. After about two weeks of training, the rats ...

Rats' Behavior Changed After Human Tissue Was Inserted Into Their Brains, Research Finds Studying human neurons inside rat brains could help researchers learn more about psychiatric disorders and how ...