Social behavior: Closing the gap for close encounters
- PMID: 36413973
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.022
Social behavior: Closing the gap for close encounters
Abstract
Social touch can launch a cascade of emotions with enormous impact on the development and maintenance of emotional, cognitive and social functioning. A recent study identifies a novel pathway that facilitates physical contact via its direct impact on brain circuits controlling social behavior.
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Conflict of interest statement
Declaration of interests The author declares no competing interests.
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A thalamo-preoptic pathway promotes social grooming in rodents.Curr Biol. 2022 Nov 7;32(21):4593-4606.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.062. Epub 2022 Sep 15. Curr Biol. 2022. PMID: 36113471
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