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In a 2026 study of BTBR mice, a lab strain used to model autism, males and females showed different autism-like changes. Female BTBR mice formed fewer habits and engaged less with other mice…
Read articleA 2026 mouse circuit study found that restraint stress progressively reduced medial prefrontal social coding: mPFC excitatory-neuron transient rates fell to roughly 70-80% of baseline after …
Read articleA 2026 NF1 mouse-model study found a gut-brain signal that was strongest in males: Nf1 +/- mice had altered gut microbiome composition, higher relative brain mass in 2 cohorts, reduced socia…
Read articleA 2026 study involving 32 adult mangrove rivulus fish pairs found that 3,000 µg/L waterborne psilocybin reduced movement and aggressive swimming bursts, but the result belongs in animal beha…
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