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Scott M Rennie1, Marta M Moita, Zachary F Mainen
1Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasília s/n, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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The rat is emerging as a powerful model for studying cognition and its neural bases. Extending this work to the social domain requires understanding better how rats transmit and interpret social information. A recent study highlights a novel role for sniffing as a channel for such social communication.
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