Play behavior: Tickle and play in the periaqueductal gray
Ismail A Ahmed1, Robert C Froemke2
1Department of Cell Biology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Neuroscience Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Current Biology : CB
|November 7, 2023
Abstract:
A new study has identified the periaqueductal gray as an important brain region for play and tickle behavior in rats.
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