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Helping-Like Behaviour in Mice Towards Conspecifics Constrained Inside Tubes by Ueno, Hiroshi; Suemitsu, Shunsuke; Murakami, Shinji; Kitamura, Naoya; Wani, Kenta; Matsumoto, Yosuke; Okamoto, Motoi; Ishihara, Takeshi is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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Prosocial behaviour, including helping behaviour, benefits others. Recently, helping-like behaviour has been observed in rats, but whether it is oriented towards rescue, social contact with others, or other goals remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether helping-like behaviour could be observed in mice similar to that in rats. Because mice are social animals widely used in neuroscience, the discovery of helping-like behaviour in mice would be valuable in clarifying the psychological and biological mechanisms underlying pro-sociability. We constrained mice inside tubes. Subject mice were allowed to move freely in cages with tubes containing constrained conspecifics. The subject mice released both cagemates and stranger mice but did not engage in opening empty tubes. Furthermore, the same behaviour was observed under aversive conditions and with anesthetised conspecifics. Interestingly, hungry mice opened the tubes containing food before engaging in tube-opening behaviour to free constrained conspecifics. Mice showed equal preferences for constrained and freely moving conspecifics. We demonstrated for the first time that mice show tube-opening behaviour. Furthermore, we par
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- Author
- Ueno, Hiroshi; Suemitsu, Shunsuke; Murakami, Shinji; Kitamura, Naoya; Wani, Kenta; Matsumoto, Yosuke; Okamoto, Motoi; Ishihara, Takeshi
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC; London: Nature Publishing Group; [London]: Springer Nature; Nature Publishing Group; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.; Research Square; Springer Nature; Island Press (ISSN 2045-2322)
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)