This region becomes active when male mice detect scents from other males and when they engage in aggressive actions.

Research in mice shows that inflammatory molecules influence mood and behavior by acting on specific brain regions. The findings help explain why some people experience lasting mood changes after ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a new study. By performing a network analysis on whole-brain activity of ...

In a study, it wasn't the bravest mice, but rather the shy ones, that proved to be the most persistent tinkerers.

When the researchers put an object in the mouth of the unresponsive mouse, the rescuer removed it most of the time. The team then designed additional experiments to rule out whether this behavior ...

Each mouse was paired with a more dominant, aggressive mouse. For five minutes a day, the mice were exposed to repeated confrontational encounters with the aggressor mouse. Some mice appeared to ...

“It was a bit of detective work to uncover the real cause. Eventually, we realized: it is a matter of behavior. The fasting males had significantly more sexual contacts than mice that could eat freely ...