An innate drive to save a life

William M Sheeran^{1

2}, Zoe R Donaldson^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
² Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.

Comment

William M Sheeran et al. Science. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 21;387(6736):827-828.

doi: 10.1126/science.adv3731. Epub 2025 Feb 20.

William M Sheeran^{1

2}, Zoe R Donaldson^{1

3}

¹ Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
² Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.

Abstract

In mice, two brain regions drive the impulse to revive an unconscious companion.

A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals.
Sun F, Wu YE, Hong W. Sun F, et al. Science. 2025 Feb 21;387(6736):eadq2679. doi: 10.1126/science.adq2679. Epub 2025 Feb 21. Science. 2025. PMID: 39977513
Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents.
Sun W, Zhang GW, Huang JJ, Tao C, Seo MB, Tao HW, Zhang LI. Sun W, et al. Science. 2025 Feb 21;387(6736):eadq2677. doi: 10.1126/science.adq2677. Epub 2025 Feb 21. Science. 2025. PMID: 39977514 Free PMC article.