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Evolutionarily conserved role of oxytocin in social fear contagion in zebrafish

Akinrinade, Ibukun; Kareklas, Kyriacos; Teles, Magda C; Reis, Thais K.; Gliksberg, Michael; Petri, Giovanni; Levkowitz, Gil; Oliveira, Rui F.

Emotional contagion is the most ancestral form of empathy. We tested to what extent the proximate mechanisms of emotional contagion are evolutionarily conserved by assessing the role of oxytocin, known to regulate empathic behaviors in mammals, in social fear contagion in zebrafish. Using oxytocin and oxytocin receptor mutants, we show that oxytocin is both necessary and sufficient for observer zebrafish to imi...

Date: 2023   |   Origin: Repositório do ISPA - Instituto Universitário
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