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. 2020 Jun 8;225(6):1719–1742. doi: 10.1007/s00429-020-02087-6

Table 1.

Social interaction test in the open field

Analyzed parameters during the experiment
1 Time spent in contact in percent of experimental time [%]2
2 Number of contacts [n]2
3 Time spent in aggressivity in percent of experimental time [%]2
4 Number of aggressive contacts2
5 Mean distance between the two mice [cm]1
6 Active social interaction, in percent of experimental time [%] during a movement speed higher than 3 cm/s1
7 Passive social interaction, in percent of experimental time [%] during a movement speed lower than 1 cm/s1
8 Sniffing [n]2
9 Anogenital sniffing [n]2
10 Following [n]2
11 Rearing [n]2
12 Leaning [n]2
13 Grooming [n]2
14 Distance traveled [m]1
15 Time spent in the center or periphery of the open field in percent of experimental time [%]1

Automatically (1) and manually (2) analyzed parameters in the social interaction test