Mice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that ...

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 ...

Home cage aggression in group-housed male mice is a major welfare concern and may compromise animal research. Conventional cages prevent flight or retreat from sight, increasing the risk that ...

Depression is a human mental disorder that can also be inferred in non-human animals. This study explored whether time spent inactive but awake (“IBA”) in the home-cage in mice was further triggered ...

The US National Library of Medicine (NLM) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) states that appropriate science and animal care operate simultaneously. A troubled or unwell animal does not yield the ...

The Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit biomedical research institution in Bar Harbor, has developed a high-tech system for monitoring mice the lab uses to study human disease. The lab has partnered with ...