Stability of social bonds over time: Measured in mice tested under semi-naturalistic conditions
Maria Kalinowska, Anjaly Yadav, Fahmida Haque, Anna Bryksa, Xiaowen Chen, Mateusz Rycerz, Joanna Sadowska, Alicja Puścian · FENS Forum 2024
From the first moments of life, social mammals become a part of a group. Over time they have “friends” with whom they prefer to spend time and “foes” whom they try to avoid. The ability to assess the dynamics of shifts in relationships is crucial to further our understanding of brain underpinnings of group behaviour. To investigate the stability of social bonds over time, we used groups of laboratory mice. Animals were kept in the fully automated, computer-controlled experimental environment (Eco-HAB) in which they could move freely and form social bonds. Eco-HAB system enables measuring the t
ePoster · Neuroscience