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We are grateful to YQ Yu, YJ Yin, Y Yang, and F Yang for cooperation and XL Wang for animal support. This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571072 and 31600855) and the Military Laboratory Animal Project (SYDW[2017]14 and SYDW[2018]07).
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Geng, KW., Du, R., Wei, N. et al. Image-Forming Visual Basis of Empathy for Pain in Mice. Neurosci. Bull. 36, 1563–1569 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-020-00528-0
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