Hippocampus oxytocin signaling promotes prosocial eating in rats
Jessica J. Rea, Clarissa M. Liu, Anna Hayes, Alexander G. Bashaw, Grace M. Schwartz, Rita Ohan, Léa Décarie-Spain, Alicia E. Kao, Molly E. Klug, Kenneth J. Phung, Alice I Waldow, Ruth I. Wood, Scott E. Kanoski
This study shows that oxytocin signaling in the dorsal hippocampus promotes prosocial eating in rats by enhancing food consumption with familiar conspecifics and facilitating social transmission of food preference.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2024Neuroscience