/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2466/all en /newsroom/channels/news/climate-warms-mice-morph-283052 <p>New research by 平特五不中 biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the past 50 years 鈥� providing a textbook example of the consequences of climate change for small mammals.</p> <p>The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north. 聽</p> Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:20:29 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32700 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/scientists-are-building-vr-worlds-mice-and-monkeys-260841 <p>Researchers now have the capability to build virtual reality worlds that can be inhabited by both lab animals (like rats and monkeys) and humans, allowing for a sort of cross-species brain research that鈥檚 never really been possible before, as different species are run through virtual environments in video games while scientists study brain activity鈥� In a new study, published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods, a team of neuroscientists鈥攊ncluding Martinez-Trujillo, Roberto Gulli and Guillaume Doucet, who are both also affiliated with 平特五不中鈥攄escribe a new virtual reality 鈥渢oolbox鈥�</p> Fri, 13 May 2016 13:12:18 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25825 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cancer-research-plagued-poor-study-design-256090 <p>Badly designed studies may lead to the efficacy of drugs being overestimated and money being wasted on trials that prove fruitless, according to a new study from 平特五不中 in Canada.</p> <p> Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:41:04 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24536 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/his-and-her-pain-circuitry-spinal-cord-253724 <p>New research released today in <em>Nature Neuroscience</em> reveals for the first time that pain is processed in male and female mice using different cells. These findings have far-reaching implications for our basic understanding of pain, how we develop the next generation of medications for chronic pain鈥攚hich is by far the most prevalent human health condition鈥攁nd the way we execute basic biomedical research using mice.</p> <p> Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:59:48 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 24277 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/understanding-barrier-protecting-brain-247704 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:03:35 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22459 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/scent-man-235492 <p> Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:07:07 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 20655 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/pain-curbs-sex-drive-female-mice-not-males-235376 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:09:24 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 20635 at /newsroom