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·June 3, 2022·6 min read

The Flexibility of Innate Behavior

Mice can readily learn to suppress their innate behavioral response to escape, effectively ignoring stimuli they determine to pose no threat.

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·May 25, 2022·5 min read

Mice Choose Best Escape Route Without Ever Experiencing Threat

After only ten minutes in a novel environment, mice are able to learn the shortest escape route even if they have no experience of a threat in the location.

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·October 5, 2021·4 min read

Brain Circuits That Control Fear Responses Revealed

Researchers have identified a neural circuit that regulates threat response in mice.

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·June 10, 2020·3 min read

Will lockdown loneliness make us loners?

Social preference in isolated zebrafish is caused by stress and anxiety, not observed anti-social patterns.

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·May 14, 2020·3 min read

Mouse and human eye movements share important similarity

New eye-tracking technology monitors naturalistic eye movements in mice and discovers similarities and differences with human eye movement.

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·November 8, 2018·3 min read

Neurons that Fire Together, Don’t Always Wire Together

Researchers have identified a new rule of connectivity for neurons in the neocortex, contradicting the popular belief "neurons that fire together, wire together".

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·March 28, 2018·4 min read

Brain Wide Tracing of Single Neurons Reveals Breadth of Information Transfer From Visual Cortex

A new study reveals the majority of V1 neurons project to higher visual areas in a non-random manner.

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·January 25, 2018·4 min read

Honeycomb Maze Offers Significant Improvement Over Current Spatial Navigational Tests

Researchers have developed a new maze to help test spatial and navigational memory. The new honeycomb maze is a significant improvement over the standard Morris Water Maze, researchers report.