Sentences with phrase «examined rodent brains»

Seeking answers, researchers have examined rodent brains and placed women into brain scanners to measure the women's responses to pictures or videos of babies smiling, babbling or crying.

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However, when they closely examined the effects on the brain of conditioning rodents with a mild foot shock, the scientists found several messenger RNAs recruited to polyribosomes in the medial prefrontal cortex — a clear indication of new protein synthesis there.

Load up on adrenaline, or cool down with oxytocin About 20 years ago, neuroendocrinologist Sue Carter began examining the brains of prairie voles to understand why the small rodent indigenous to the midwestern plains of the United States is one of the natural world's great romantics.