Mouse can recognize other individuals: Maternal exposure to dioxin does not affect identification but perturbs the recognition ability of other individuals
Hana Ichihara, Fumihiko Maekawa, Masaki Kakeyama · FENS Forum 2024
In traditional experiments, mice could discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar individuals. Herein, we report a novel “target-following task (TFT)” in the IntelliCage system to assess mice ability to identify and recognize a specific individual and its role under group-housed conditions. IntelliCage enables us to assign the correct out of four locations in the cage using drinking water as a reward. In the TFT, the correct location of the “follower” mouse was assigned as the location spontaneously chosen by the “target” mouse: the follower must identify its target mouse among multiple foll
ePoster · Neuroscience