Mice show, “First Aid” behaviors toward unresponsive peers, including licking, tongue pulling, and grooming, which speeds recovery. The medial amygdala and oxytocin neurons encode these states and mediate distinct #NeuralMechanismsOfRescue #TongueGroomingBehavior www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals
Humans often take actions to assist others experiencing unresponsiveness, such as transient loss of consciousness. How other animals react to unresponsive conspecifics—and the neural mechanisms drivin...
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Mice show, “First Aid” behaviors toward unresponsive peers, including licking, tongue pulling, and grooming, which speeds recovery. The medial amygdala and oxytocin neurons encode these states and mediate distinct #NeuralMechanismsOfRescue #TongueGroomingBehavior www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...