Experimental retina implants give mice infrared vision A light-sensitive wire mesh implanted in the retina helps restore nerve impulses.

Nanoplastics can compromise intestinal integrity in mice by altering the interactions between the gut microbiome and the host, according to a paper in Nature Communications. The study explores the ...

A retinal implant has partly restored vision in blind mice, suggesting it could one day benefit people with conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, which involves a progressive loss ...

A surprising finding from researchers in Japan has shown how an environmental factor can influence the development of sex organs in unborn mice. The discovery challenges the longstanding belief ...

A common sleep aid restores healthier sleep patterns and protects mice from the brain damage seen in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, according to new research from ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us need around eight hours. Researchers described the SIK3-N783Y mutation ...

Research utilizing a filamentous fungus in the gut microbiome may provide a new strategy for treating MASH.

We find that a single psychedelic dose can boost flexible learning over several weeks in mice, highlighting the ability of these compounds to induce long-lasting and functionally important changes ...

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that in mice, heat-related and mechanical pain are encoded by different neural ensembles (i.e., groups of neurons) in the spinal cord.

A new study discovered that a particular form of intermittent fasting boosted the sex drive in mice, prompting questions about whether it could have a similar effect in humans.

Study found that reduced neurotensin in obese mice prevented dopamine from triggering the usual pleasure response to high-calorie foods.

According to multiple research sites, mice are valuable tools for studying diseases in a laboratory setting. Here is what transgenic mice are.