/channels/taxonomy/term/8954/all en /channels/channels/news/climate-warms-mice-morph-283052 <p>New research by ƻ����Ժ biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the past 50 years – providing a textbook example of the consequences of climate change for small mammals.</p> <p>The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north.  </p> Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:51:43 +0000 webfull 133065 at /channels /channels/news/how-blood-brain-barrier-maintained-247704 <p>The brain is a privileged organ in the body. So vital to life, the brain is protected from alterations elsewhere in the body by a highly regulated gateway known as the blood-brain barrier, which allows only selected molecules to pass through. Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:25 +0000 webfull 109557 at /channels /channels/news/his-and-her-pain-circuitry-spinal-cord-253724 <p>New research released today in <em>Nature Neuroscience</em> reveals for the first time that pain is processed in male and female mice using different cells. These findings have far-reaching implications for our basic understanding of pain, how we develop the next generation of medications for chronic pain—which is by far the most prevalent human health condition—and the way we execute basic biomedical research using mice.</p> <p> Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:22:15 +0000 webfull 110933 at /channels /channels/news/cancer-research-plagued-poor-study-design-256090 <p>Badly designed studies may lead to the efficacy of drugs being overestimated and money being wasted on trials that prove fruitless, according to a new study from ƻ����Ժ in Canada.</p> <p> Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:41:10 +0000 webfull 113286 at /channels /channels/news/scientists-are-building-vr-worlds-mice-and-monkeys-260841 <p>Researchers now have the capability to build virtual reality worlds that can be inhabited by both lab animals (like rats and monkeys) and humans, allowing for a sort of cross-species brain research that’s never really been possible before, as different species are run through virtual environments in video games while scientists study brain activity… In a new study, published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods, a team of neuroscientists—including Martinez-Trujillo, Roberto Gulli and Guillaume Doucet, who are both also affiliated with ƻ����Ժ—describe a new virtual reality “toolbox”</p> Fri, 13 May 2016 13:12:22 +0000 webfull 118800 at /channels /channels/news/pain-curbs-sex-drive-female-mice-not-males-235376 <p>“Not tonight, dear, I have a headache.” Generally speaking, that line is attributed to the wife in a couple, implying that women’s sexual desire is more affected by pain than men’s.</p> <p> Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:09:29 +0000 webfull 102507 at /channels