The prelimbic cortex but not the anterior cingulate cortex plays an important role in social recognition and social investigation in mice

• Joi Yashima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tomoko Uekita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Toshiro Sakamoto

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sakamoto-t@tachibana-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, Japan

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