Check out our newest research paper! We looked at touch in Surinam toads (Pipa pipa), showing huge neural representation of and reliance upon their unusual fingertips. rdcu.be/fy3SE
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UCLA neuroscience Comparative neurobiology
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Lovely dispatch on our latest @currentbiology.bsky.social paper on the rat pup transport response. Thanks Duncan Leitch @polyodon.bsky.social n.bsky.social and J Schwarz for the thoughtful summary @mblscience.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social tinyurl.com/22d7y6n6
Parental neurobiology: The 4 Hz lullaby
The transport response in altricial mammals, triggered when picked up, involves calming, immobility, and limb folding. This behavior facilitates safe maternal transport and is associated with reduced heart rate and vocalization. New research reveals the specific tactile mechanisms and afferents underlying this critical early-life response in rat pups.
cell.com