A laboratory animal’s environment can have a dramatic impact on its behavior. For example, rats reared in enriched housing and large social groups are adept at coping with stress. Rodents living in conventional cages, however, commonly show signs of depression and display repetitive behaviors. But aside from studying rodents in the wild, researchers have limited options for […]
A neurochemistry journal has retracted a paper that claimed prenatal vaccine exposure caused autism-like behaviors in rats. The retraction comes more than a year after the paper’s publication and amid criticism of its methodology. The paper, which was originally published 10 January 2024 in Neurochemical Research, purported to show reduced sociability in rats born to […]
