Fear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias. It is sometimes referred to as musophobia (from Greek μῦς "mouse") or murophobia (a...

many subgroups, each being of a specific type of zoophobia. Although zoophobia as a whole is quite rare, types of the fear are common. As mentioned before...

human studies. Rodents such as mice and rats are common animal models, but other species are used. Certain aspects of fear research still requires more...

They are known to invade homes for food and shelter. Mice are typically distinguished from rats by their size. Generally, when a muroid rodent is discovered...

and Ages were the only two survivors of a group of eight mice who had been part of the experiments at NIMH and made the rats' escape possible. Out of...

rats), Bandicota (bandicoot rats) and Dipodomys (kangaroo rats). Rats are typically distinguished from mice by their size. Usually the common name of...

scotophobin induces fear of the dark in various mammals and fish. It was discovered in the brain of laboratory rats conditioned to have a fear of darkness. Moreover...

world in an eternal winter and gathers together a seemingly invincible army of ice spear-wielding ghost rats. The mice of Deptford are at a loss as to...

staple in others. Taboos include fears of disease or religious prohibition, but in many places, the high number of rats has led to their incorporation into...

gene. Miller and Sweatt demonstrated that rats trained in a contextual fear conditioning paradigm had elevated levels of mRNA for DNMT3a and DNMT3b in the...

connections that determine how fear memories are stored and recalled. While studying rats' ability to recall fear memories, researchers found a newly identified...

the North Sea stalk and kill sparrows and ducks. Also preyed upon by brown rats are chicks, mice and small lizards. Examination of a wild brown rat stomachs...

older and hardened from war, falls in love with Luxa. They sneak out of Regalia and find that the Rats have driven the Mice out of the jungle and the Fount...

caption, Lach and van Kleyn identify the performing animals as mice and rats. "They're intelligent and friendly. Why some people think rats are the perfect...

Cognitive bias tests and learned helplessness models have shown feelings of optimism and pessimism in a wide range of species, including rats, dogs, cats, rhesus...

knockout mice lacking the oxytocin receptor, reproductive behavior and birth are normal. In male rats, oxytocin may induce erections. A burst of oxytocin...

They are emitted by animals such as bats and rodents, and have been extensively studied in rats and mice. As opposed to sonic vocalizations, ultrasonic...

PMID 16894439. Chionophobia (Fear of snow), Cleveland Clinic, Accessed:November 4, 2024 Thompson A (2019). Spiders, Clowns, and Great Mole Rats: Over 150 Phobias...

This section exclusively lists all rats (domestic, barn, wharf and pack rats alike). Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Paterson, Katherine (February 2000)...

Treader, and also briefly at the end of The Last Battle. Reepicheep is a Talking Mouse, the leader of the Talking Mice of Narnia; he is irascible yet imperturbably...

different species: mice display an instinctive fear response on the detection of Mups derived from predators such as cats and rats. Humans in good health...

made simple, and that was not an ideal thing as the movie flopped although it was a TV movie. I like the idea of rats playing on someone’s fear, but it came...

"Evaluation of chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of ammonium 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)-propanoate in Sprague–Dawley rats". Toxicology...

chambers on mice were deployed to study the effects of the disruption of the lateral septum and hippocampal inputs on fear memory formation and retrieval...

To the dismay of nearby residents, he restores the estate. After moving in, Delapore and his cat frequently hear the sounds of rats scurrying behind...

had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert...

them safer from predators. Mice are instinctively afraid of the smell of their natural predators, including cats and rats, even if they have been isolated...

in rats. TMT has been called an "innate threat stimulus" because of how it "induces a number of fear and defensive behaviors" in naive mice and rats. Not...

the urine of stressed rats and believe that it is used as a means to alert other rats. Certain species of worms are attracted to 2-heptanone and bacteria...

of neurotransmitter systems, which result in unusual behaviour. Mice experience similar behaviour to humans, including agitation and aggression, fear...