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SUBMITTER: Ueno H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6456590 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ueno Hiroshi H Suemitsu Shunsuke S Murakami Shinji S Kitamura Naoya N Wani Kenta K Matsumoto Yosuke Y Okamoto Motoi M Ishihara Takeshi T
Scientific reports 20190409 1
Prosocial behaviour, including helping behaviour, benefits others. Recently, helping-like behaviour has been observed in rats, but whether it is oriented towards rescue, social contact with others, or other goals remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether helping-like behaviour could be observed in mice similar to that in rats. Because mice are social animals widely used in neuroscience, the discovery of helping-like behaviour in mice would be valuable in clarifying the psychological an ...[more]