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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

covering all rodents including beavers, chipmunks, gophers, mice, squirrels, rats and porcupines, as well as extinct or prehistoric species (such as...

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...