Helping behavior is associated with increased affiliative behavior, activation of the prosocial brain network and elevated oxytocin receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens
Reut Hazani, Jocelyn Breton, Estherina Trachtenberg, Ben Kantor, A. Maman, Einat Bigelman, Steve W. Cole, Aron Weller, Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal
The paper identifies behavioral, neural, and molecular differences between rats that help and those that do not in a distress test, linking prosocial behavior to affiliative behavior and oxytocin receptor expression.
bioRxiv · May 6, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience