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Emotional Mirror Neurons in the Rat’s Anterior Cingulate Cortex

Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: (Current Biology 29, 1301–1312.e1–e6; April 22, 2019) It has come to our attention that this article’s STAR Methods section was missing information regarding the anesthetics and analgesics used for the surgical procedures, as well as animal welfare-related information, as recommended by the ARRIVE guidelines. This missing information, which does not affect our results or conclusions, has now been added in the article online. The authors apologize for the oversight. Emotional Mirror Neurons in the Rat’s Anterior Cingulate CortexCarrillo et al.Current BiologyApril 11, 2019In BriefCarrillo et al. show the rat anterior cingulate cortex contains emotional mirror neurons that respond when a rat experiences pain and witnesses another rat in pain but not while experiencing another salient emotion, fear. After cingulate deactivation, rats show reduced distress when witnessing another receive a shock. Full-Text PDF Open Access
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,200
OpenAlex ID: W4240348296
FWCI: 4.534
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