Housing matters (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Housing matters

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(A) The social hierarchy of the mice within each group was determined. (B) After identifying the most dominant and most subordinate mice, they were kept in neighbor-housing, where physical contact was prevented but social connections via sight and smell were maintained. (C) Finally, the mice were transitioned to complete isolation. ©2026 Hayashi et al. CC-BY-ND 

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