r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 08 '25

Neuroscience Specific neurons that secrete oxytocin in the brain are disrupted in a mouse model of autism, neuroscientists have found. Stimulating these neurons restored social behaviors in these mice. These findings could help to develop new ways to treat autism.

https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/rr/20250207_1/index.html
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u/2legittoquit Feb 08 '25

Using a mouse model for social behaviors seems weird.  Mice aren’t very social, and we have rats which are extremely social.

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u/thebudman_420 Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

Actually some mice all live in a hole in the ground so they must be social to live in a group in the ground.

All that social activities ends up with more mice sex for more mice babies.

If they are not social why is it if you have tents left out for a long time on the ground in the woods and go back to it and go to move the tent several mice will all come out from underneath. They are absolutely living in packs and are social.

All my observations are from within the wild.