Rodent models of brain disorders including neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric, and
neurodegenerative diseases are essential for increasing our understanding of underlying …

Cognitive maps are encoded in the hippocampal formation and related regions and range
from the spatial to the purely conceptual. Neural mechanisms that encode information into …

Sex differences and social context independently contribute to the development of stress-
related disorders. However, less is known about how their interplay might influence behavior …

Despite the exponential increase in fear research during the last years, few studies have
included female subjects in their design. The need to include females arises from the …

Introduction Sex bias has been an issue in many biomedical fields, especially in
neuroscience. In rodent research, many scientists only focused on male animals due to the …

Mice are the most commonly used laboratory animals for studying diseases, behaviour, and
pharmacology. Behavioural experiment battery aids in evaluating abnormal behaviour in …

Social hierarchy formation is strongly evolutionarily conserved. Across species, rank within
social hierarchy has large effects on health and behavior. To investigate the relationship …

Evaluating and coping with stressful social events as they unfold is a critical strategy in
overcoming them without long-lasting detrimental effects. Individuals display a wide range of …

A tacit assumption in laboratory animal research is that animals housed within the same
cage or pen are phenotypically more similar than animals from different cages or pens, due …

Open Science has changed research by making data accessible and shareable,
contributing to replicability to accelerate and disseminate knowledge. However, for rodent …