Duncan Leitch

When the Animals Went Electric What a superpower sense tells us about evolutionary creativity

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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.

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

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