Neuroscientists have taught rats to drive little cars in the lab—and they can teach us something about anticipation and joy.

Fellow neuroscientists identified this as a gentler form of what's called Straub tail, typically seen in rats given the opioid morphine. This S-shaped curl is also linked to dopamine. When ...

Fellow neuroscientists identified this as a gentler form of what’s called Straub tail, typically seen in rats given the opioid morphine. This S-shaped curl is also linked to dopamine.

the famed "rat hole" - a rat-shaped imprint on the pavement along West Roscoe Street. The unusual indentation has been there for years, but has gained attention recently after a Chicago artist and ...

The researchers also observed that when rats anticipated something positive, they held their tail high with a curve at the end, like a cane. This tail shape, called Straub tail, tended to manifest ...

The ‘rat hole’ is quite literally, as the name suggests, a hole in the shape of a rat. It’s located on the street on the south side of the 1900 block of West Roscoe Street. The pothole ...