Topic: PV cells

Recognizing members of the same social group as in-group individuals occurs swiftly and without conscious effort. The exploration of the neural processes underlying this process can be advanced through behavioral experiments designed to trigger naturalistic social interactions. Here we show a novel experimental approach to studying the formation of social bonds between two groups of mice: genetically identical, however unfamiliar with each other. Animals were placed in Eco-HAB, an automated environment that replicates natural conditions, for 21 days. The habitat was initially split into two, p