Instytut Biologii Doswiadczalnej Im. Marcelego Nenckiego Pan

Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Pan

Lech Mankiewicz

Szymon Leski

Pawel Boguszewski

Pawel Rasinski

Ewelina Knapska

Grzegorz Kasprowicz

Rafal Krawczyk

Bartlomiej Juszczyk

Alicja Puscian

A system for testing spontaneous social interactions of group-housed mice placed in an experimental apparatus. The system includes a plurality of compartments (-) bridged by corridors (). At least one compartment (-) has a perforated partition wall () separating the compartment into a territory available for mice () and a territory to be explored by olfaction (). In the territory available for mice (), above the partition wall (), there is an infrared laser curtain (). The system also includes a photographic device () for acquiring the intersection of a mouse in the light of the infrared curtain. In the territory to be explored by olfaction (), there is a source of olfactory stimuli ().

Ecologically relevant system and a method for testing spontaneous social interactions in group-housed mice

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Warsaw, Poland

Lech Mankiewicz