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According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain condition release different ...

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Brain cells (magenta) in the reward center of a rat’s brain release dopamine in response to opioids. According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain ...

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It’s not your imagination. San Francisco is becoming rattier — literally. According to a new study, San Francisco’s rat population has grown faster than many of its peer cities in recent ...

Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests.

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But one way the city tracks the fight against rats is by calls to 311. The downward numbers are a sign, Corradi said, that ...

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