All Articles Tagged As: mice

Mice mothers devote energies to offspring when life is threatened (5/29/2008)

A researcher has found that sick female deer mice devote their energy to producing healthier offspring ...> Full Article

How can we measure the emotional states of animals? (5/23/2008)

Rats housed in standard conditions show a stronger response to the loss of an expected food reward than those housed in enriched conditions, perhaps indicating a more negative emotional state ...> Full Article

Study Finds Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin (4/18/2008)

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the skin of mice can sense low levels of oxygen and regulate the production of erythropoietin, or EPO, the hormone that stimulates our bodies to produce red blood cells and allows us to adapt to high-altitude, low-oxygen environments ...> Full Article