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Posted on Apr 18, 2017
Among mice, scratching is catching — as in contagious
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What happens when you see someone scratch a mosquito bite? You may start to feel an itch come out of nowhere. Then you might start to scratch, too. Mice, new data show, suffer the same strange phenomenon. It’s called contagious scratching.
Among mice, scratching is catching — as in contagious
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A psychosomatic symptom.
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Strange indeed.
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