Neuroscientists demonstrate flexibility of innate behavior New study shows mice robustly learn to suppress their innate escape responses Date: June 2, 2022 Source: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre ...

Look out above! Experiment explores innate visual behavior in mice Peer-Reviewed Publication California Institute of Technology ...

A Japanese laboratory claims it is the first time a behavior has been transmitted between species, achieved by manipulating a single gene ...

Loss of Trpa1 in mice diminished predator odor-evoked innate fear behaviors, although they exhibit a normal sense of smell. The research team then found that Trpa1 acts as a chemosensor to detect ...

In their previous work, they have resolved a novel brain circuit controlling visually evoked innate freezing behaviors via the SC-LP-LA subcortical pathway.

Researchers in Japan have genetically transferred a unique courtship behavior from one fruit fly species to another.

By flipping a single genetic switch, researchers made one fruit fly species adopt the gift-giving courtship of another, ...