Proximity |
Two rats stay together, with their inter distance < 60 mm or <100 mm. |
Approach |
The approaching rat moves towards the other rat, with the angle < 45° and at the speed > 30 mm/s and the other rat moves at the speed < 100 mm/s. They travels at least 30 mm and for 2.0 sec continuously, with the distance between the 2 rats to be < 200 mm. |
Leave |
One rat leaves the other rat first, with the angle > 100° and at the speed > 30 mm/s. They travels at least 30 mm for 0.5 sec, with the distance between the 2 rats to be < 200 mm. |
Social contact |
Two rats stay together, with their inter distance < 20 mm. |
Active social contact |
Inter distance needs to be < 20 mm. One rat moves at the speed > 40 mm/s, with the ratio of the “movement” of the active rat vs. the passive rat to be greater than 2.0. |
Passive social contact |
The “movement” of the passive rat in active social contact. |
Follow |
One rat follows the other rat continuously at least for 0.5 sec, with the angle between their direction < 90°, the angle between the direction of the following rat and the line from him/her to the leaving rat < 30°, and the angle between the direction of the leaving rat and the line from him/her to the following rat > 100°. Their distance needs to be < 300 mm. Both rats need to move at least 5 mm, and the following rat needs to travel at least 30 mm. |
Sniff |
The distance between the nose of the sniffing rat and the body of the other rat needs to be < 30 mm, and the rat sniffs continuously at least for 0.27 sec. |
Mount |
Two-thirds of the head/body of 1 rat needs to ride on top of the other rat at least for 0.6s, with joint shape change of two rats. |