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Getting a better grip on lab mice

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Gentler ways of handling the rodents could keep them calm and reduce experimental variability.

Picking up mice at the base of the tail is standard practice in laboratory research, but whether this is the best method is unclear. Researchers now suggest that cupping a mouse in the hand or carrying it in a small tunnel reduces stress and encourages cooperation.

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  1. Hurst, J. L. & West, R. S. Nature Methods advance online publication doi:10.1038/nmeth.1500 (2010).

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Weaver, J. Getting a better grip on lab mice. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.462

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