Brain maps show how empathetic mice feel each other's pain

A mouse sharing a companion's fear has different neural patterns to one sharing another animal’s pain.

Mice witnessing another mouse in fear or pain, or even gaining relief from pain, mirror those emotions in their brain circuitry.

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Nature 589, 172 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00016-z

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