A study revealed that rats form mental maps of locations associated with threats and revisit these places in their minds when showing signs of anxiety. The research done by a team at the ...

How stress impacts behavioral outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a major gap in knowledge. This oversight is ...

However, as the rats turned around and fled back to the safe end of the track, their place cells associated with the distant ...

They also tested the rats’ anxiety levels by placing them in a maze, half of which was shrouded in darkness, and measuring the total time they spent in the light. More anxious rats tend to prefer the ...