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[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

Happy to share our latest study on tickling and play responses in the brain that is out now in @NeuroCellPress! @nataliegloveli @misnaej

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

Researchers tickle rats to identify the part of the brain critical for laughter and playfulness.
@HumboldtUni Michael Brecht

Below see four ways that rats played with humans or each other in the study.

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Thick, immobile whiskers on an elephant’s trunk may help them to feel and balance objects even though they cannot twitch in the way that many other mammals’ whiskers do, according to a study published in @CommsBio. https://t.co/eLrCctMqbi

[Lena Kaufmann @lena_v_kaufmann]

proud to present our latest study on Pang Pha, an elephant at the @zooberlin that very skillfully peels bananas. came out today @CurrentBiology and you can read it here: https://t.co/DNLT9vHJOy
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[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

Sorry, now link works: Your friends are like family to you! But how does your brain see this?
We’re conducting a (paid) fMRI study in Berlin to investigate where family and
friendship are represented in the brain. Fill out this short survey
https://t.co/oLVipCvMzF to take part.

[malav shah @smalav94]

We published a histological study on elephant trigeminal nervous subsystem last year. On its one-year anniversary, we @BrechtLab present to you https://t.co/ikOKpcTuMx (0/n)🥳

[Marlies Oostland @MarliesOostland]

This is going to be great, I am so much looking forward to it! If you are in Amsterdam next week (January 16th) and want to attend this symposium on the Neuroscience of Social Behaviour, send me a message and I can forward details.

[Nacho Sanguinetti🥸 @neuroetho]

Really happy to talk about play on such a big platform @SfNtweets . Big shoutout to @BrechtLab @Kon_Hart @AnnikaReinhold @miguelconcham and the amazing work of @bagibence to look at brain states in Hide and Seek!

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

And we are already set up for the afternoon session at #SfN2022, Elçin Tunçkol will be presenting a poster on fiber counts and architecture of the human dorsal penile nerve, come over and check it out!

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

We had a very successful morning poster session at #SfN2022 with @lena_v_kaufmann presenting on elephant facial motor control, come check out our afternoon session as well (details below).

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

Proud to present our latest results by @lena_v_kaufmann et al. on the exceptional elephant facial motor nucleus, which shows adaptations to the development of the trunk and differences between African and Asian elephants 🐘

[Science Advances @ScienceAdvances]

A new study reveals that elephants have an exceptionally high number of facial neurons—perhaps the most known to any land-dwelling mammal—and scientists are theorizing why. https://t.co/z2C1wJlZRP

[BCCN Berlin @bccn_berlin]

New "Science Advances" paper @BrechtLab. Trunk dexterity explained: Berlin scientists decipher facial motor control in elephants and show that the facial motor nucleus contains more facial motor neurons than in any other terrestrial mammal.
https://t.co/yHGctu9dxE

[NeNa Conference @NeNa_conference]

That's a wrap on #NeNa2022! Thanks to @BrechtLab , @lena_veit, all attendees and presenters for bringing (#Tübingen) junior #neuroscience together for the 23rd time!

[Shimpei @ShimpeiIshiyama]

The more ticklish you feel, the faster and at a higher pitch you laugh. When being tickled, the best way to reduce ticklishness is to tickle yourself at the same spot: a rat study proved in humans. Fig. 1 is the 3rd author’s ticklish face. https://t.co/OLUO0mJ5k0

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

Have you always been wondering how to suppress ticklishness? Are you interested in the science of ticklishness and laughter? You’ll have fun checking this out https://t.co/45SQqCydNT

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

You might know that we have a map of our body in the brain, but did you know that the pigs snout representation even looks like the pig snout? 🐽🧠🐷
New study out by the BrechtLab.
https://t.co/52ljF6OzD6
@bccn_berlin

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

Winter is coming.. and for shrews, this means their brains will shrink. literally. Find this exciting story here: https://t.co/opcvQqwhyW
@ray_neuro @dehnelseffect @bccn_berlin

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

New paper out! The Vocal pattern generator in the brainstem of the rat seems to consist of two parts, functionally and anatomically distinct. @iScience @Kon_Hart @bccn_berlin
https://t.co/I6xP31sS50

[Dr. Emily Jane Dennis @emilyjanedennis]

did I spend way too much time coming up with a figure for this review? yes. would I do it all over again? also yes :) read it here! https://t.co/PGZzh04xNW

[Konstantin Hartmann @Kon_Hart]

Playing Hide and Seek with Rats!
Published in Science with @neuroetho @BrechtLab
https://t.co/UIgHZZR66G

[Brecht Lab @BrechtLab]

Looking for transgenic mouse experts 🔍🦠

[Johanna Bronisch @johannabronisch]

Has anyone looked at the expression of flex-GCaMP in Cre-mice that are also crossed to Ai9 (or other) drive lines? Looking for help!