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The Mice that Evolved to Resist Pain (3 of 9)

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The Mice that Evolved to Resist Pain (3 of 9)

image: A southern grasshopper mouse eats the Arizona bark scorpions that it has just killed. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 25 Oct., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Ashlee Rowe at The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, and colleagues was titled, "Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel in Grasshopper Mice Defends Against Bark Scorpion Toxin." view more 

Credit: [Image courtesy of Matthew and Ashlee Rowe]


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