[Choice of "control" in experimental researches of animal social interactions in mice].
The purpose of the present experiment was to clarify the individuals as an appropriate "control" in research of social interactions in animals. As it has been established for the C57BL/6J mouse strain, the best control animals are individually housed for 5 days males in contrast to males placed with females or with other males in groups of 3-10 mice. Such male mice were less anxious and had high exploratory and motor activities in the elevated plus-maze, open-field, forced swimming and exploratory-activity tests.
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D012930:Social Dominance; D012931:Social Environment