Play behavior: Tickle and play in the periaqueductal gray

Curr Biol. 2023 Nov 6;33(21):R1145-R1147. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.035.

¹ Department of Cell Biology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Neuroscience Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
² Department of Cell Biology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Neuroscience Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: robert.froemke@med.nyu.edu.

Abstract

A new study has identified the periaqueductal gray as an important brain region for play and tickle behavior in rats.