So, a rat is not a monkey is not a human. Studying the behaviour of rodents is valid ethological and neurobiological work, and animal welfare is certainly important. However, it is the pain of ...

which could enable upright walking for non-human primates, reducing gait abnormalities caused by spinal injuries. For that study researchers developed rhesus monkey models in which they implanted ...

This is particularly important, as a working notochord in human stem cells could help further research into how birth defects affect the spine or spinal cord. The researchers note that it could ...

And the hole through which the spinal cord enters the skull, called the foramen magnum, is near the center of the cranium in humans, allowing our heads to balance easily atop our spines rather ...