Who would have thought that a creature once so despised, and so feared for the diseases it transmitted, would be responsible for so many medical and scientific breakthroughs? The rat has long served as a subject for behavioral studies and tests of promising new drug therapies. Now, the familiar lab rat is helping scientists unravel long-standing mysteries of thought, learning, and emotion.
Who would have thought that a creature once so despised, and so feared for the diseases it transmitted, would be responsible for so many medical and scientific breakthroughs? The rat has long served as a subject for behavioral studies and tests of promising new drug therapies. Now, the familiar lab rat is helping scientists unravel long-standing mysteries of thought, learning, and emotion.
