{"id":70000,"date":"2020-01-19T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/70000"},"modified":"2020-01-19T05:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T10:00:07","slug":"anti-anxiety-medication-limits-empathetic-behavior-in-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/70000","title":{"rendered":"Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXEBtTees7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>UChicago neuroscientist Peggy Mason studies empathy–specifically how rats (and presumably other mammals like humans) show empathy toward each other. But in a new study, rats that were given anti-anxiety medications didn’t free a companion in distress, showing that they have to be able to feel the anxiety of their fellow rats to help out.\nLearn more At Forefront of Medicine:\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.uchicagomedicine.org\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/uchicagomed\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchicagomed\nMake an appointment today at 888-824-0200.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UChicago neuroscientist Peggy Mason studies empathy–specifically how rats (and presumably other mammals like humans) show empathy toward each other. But in a new study, rats that were given anti-anxiety medications didn’t free a companion in distress, showing that they have to be able to feel the anxiety of their fellow rats to help out. Learn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/70000\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[696,38143,19,16121,38145,38146,35251,34389,36104,38148,38149,38150,34599,38151,38152,38156,38153,38154,38157,38158,38159,37486,34235,38147,37010,38155,517,38161,34828,38144,37518,38160,39169],"class_list":["post-70000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-and-stress","tag-anxiety-attack","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-panic-attack","tag-anxiety-panic-disorder","tag-anxiety-treatment","tag-chronic-stress","tag-coping-with-stress","tag-cure-for-anxiety","tag-cures-for-anxiety","tag-drugs-for-anxiety","tag-empathy","tag-help-for-anxiety","tag-herbs-for-anxiety","tag-natural-cure-for-anxiety","tag-natural-cures-for-anxiety","tag-natural-remedies-for-anxiety","tag-natural-remedy-for-anxiety","tag-natural-treatment-for-anxiety","tag-natural-treatments-for-anxiety","tag-neurobiology","tag-neuroscience","tag-panic-attack-treatment","tag-panic-disorder","tag-remedies-for-anxiety","tag-science","tag-social-anxiety-disorder","tag-stress-anxiety","tag-symptoms-of-a-panic-attack","tag-treatment-for-anxiety-disorder","tag-treatments-for-anxiety","tag-university-of-chicago"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}