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Kobe University neuroscientist TAKUMI Toru and his team identified in mice a type of neuron that acts as a switch to control empathetic behavior, modulating the preference for social targets and thus in making social choices. “This finding is an important step toward understanding the neural basis of human sociality,” he says.
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Kobe University, created with material from Brennan Burling via Unsplash, Understanding Animal Research, National Institutes of Health
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