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Post-weaning stroking stimuli induce affiliative behavior toward humans and influence brain activity in female rats

Gentle touch contributes to affiliative interactions. We investigated the effects of gentle stroking in female rats on the development of affiliative behaviors toward humans and we exploratively examined brain regions in which activity was influenced by stroking. Rats that had received stroking stim...

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Autores principales: Okabe, Shota, Takayanagi, Yuki, Yoshida, Masahide, Onaka, Tatsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33589709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83314-w