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3 unusual facts about Laboratory mouse


Jet injector

An experiment using mice, published in 1985, showed that jet injectors would frequently transmit the viral infection LDV from one mouse to another.

Laboratory mouse

Mice have been used in biomedical research since the 16th Century when William Harvey used them for his studies on reproduction and blood circulation and Robert Hooke used them to investigate the biological consequences of an increase in air pressure.

In the US, laboratory mice are not regulated under the Animal Welfare Act administered by the USDA APHIS.



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Fear conditioning

Joseph E. LeDoux finds two amygdala pathways in the brain of the laboratory mouse by the use of fear conditioning and lesion study.