Using diffusion-weighted tractography, scientists can produce a detailed image of the minute neural fibers within a mouse brain.  

A drug commonly used to treat clinical depression sets its effects in motion by hampering the release of an inhibitory neurotransmitter in mice.

Acetate, a short-chain fatty acid released following the fermentation of dietary fiber in the gut, accumulates in the brain and can affect appetite in mice.

Mouse and rat models of the developmental disorder responded positively to a drug given to their mothers a day before birth.

Neurons injected into mice help treat chronic pain at its roots, rather than simply alleviating its symptoms.