Examples of parameters
  • Time spent with all body parts in each of the chambers.
  • Number of transitions between the chambers.
  • Amount of time spent approaching the stranger mouse head-first.
  • Amount of time spent in proximity of the stranger mouse.
  • Frequency of contact with stranger mouse.
Components
Selected publications
  • Visser, de, L.; Bos, van den, R.; Kuurman, W.; Kas, M.; Spruijt, B. (2006). Novel approach to the behavioural characterization of inbred mice: automated home cage observations. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 5, 458-466.
  • Visser de, L.; Bos van den, R.; Stoker, A.; Kas, M.; Spruijt, B. (2007). Effects of genetic background and environmental novelty on wheel running as a rewarding behaviour in mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 177, 290-297.