A compound found in cannabis may help protect the brain from early memory and social problems linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

UNDATED (WKRC) - An update to an older study that taught rats how to drive tiny cars found that the rodents seems to enjoy the journey as much as the destination. A team of neuroscientists taught rats ...

In a new study Indiana University researchers observed episodic memory in rats to a degree never documented before, ...

Study finds 18 unknown viruses in New York rats. — -- Rats are a part of daily life in New York as they scurry about subway tracks and garbage heaps. However, even though the creatures been ...

STANFORD, Calif. -- For decades researchers have been peering into the human brain, trying to unlock the secrets of conditions ranging from autism to epilepsy to mental illness. But now, instead of ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether hemodialysis (HD) can maintain elevated blood ketone levels in rats on a ketogenic diet in an effort to ...

Repeated knocks to the head are known to carry increased risks to our neurological health, but a new study has sought to fill in important details around what they might mean for the skull.

The Black Death was only possible because human civilization had become advanced enough to allow rats to survive and flourish, according to the first study of the ancient genes of the black rat.