Anxiolytic treatment impairs helping behavior in rats

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Bartal, Inbal Ben Ami ^a,c   Shan, Haozhe ^a   Molasky, Nora M R ^a   Murray, Teresa M ^b,d   Williams, Jasper Z ^a,e   Decety, Jean ^a,b   Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Emotional contagion; Empathy; Helping; Midazolam; Rodent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980049438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00850     Document Type: Article

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