You've heard the concept of the "rat race," but how about a literal rat, racing through the hallways of Doom? One researcher named Viktor Toth ran an experiment over nearly six months, seeing if he ...

Rats do not simply drift through vague, sleepy fog. Their brains light up with detailed replays of the day, from sprinting through corridors to scanning for food, and sometimes those nocturnal scenes ...

As memory fades, people may have difficulty learning new things or navigating their surroundings. In an experiment with rats, scientists explore the role of the hippocampus in helping rats get through ...

Scientists have long understood that the region of the brain called the hippocampus is important for memory, learning and navigation. Now, scientists in a UCLA lab led by neurophysicist Mayank Mehta ...

UCLA scientists observed the activity of large numbers of neurons in the brains of rats while the animals navigated a virtual reality maze. [Mehta Lab/UCLA] It has been long understood that the area ...

Neuronal traces show action potentials for some recorded cells at the reward locations. LED traces taken by long exposure show the movement of the animal across the maze. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...