Tickle contagion in the rat somatosensory cortex

Summary: The cellular mechanisms of emotional contagion are unknown. We investigated tickle contagion and the underlying neuronal representations in playful rats. We recorded trunk somatosensory cortex activity of observer rats while they received tickling and audiovisual playback of tickling footag...

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Main Authors: Lena V. Kaufmann, Michael Brecht, Shimpei Ishiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222019915