Table 1.

Experimental conditions to report in the methodology of studies on social behavior and/or social isolation to facilitate informative interpretation and reproducibility.

Experimental conditions
Housing conditions
Grouped/control animals	Isolated animals
Number of cagemates	Prior number of cagemates
Cagemate relationship (siblings/age-matched, etc.)	Cagemate relationship (siblings/age-matched, etc.)
Sexual experience	Sexual experience
	Age at isolation
	Duration of isolation
Extent of experimenter handling	Extent of experimenter handling
Housing type (size, bedding material, etc.)	Housing type (size, bedding material, etc.)
Social rank (if known)	Social rank (if known)
Environmental enrichment	Environmental enrichment
	Proximity of other animals
Normal or reverse light/dark cycle	Normal or reverse light/dark cycle
Measurement of behavioral/neurophysiological parameters
Time of testing
Age at testing
Conditions of behavioral assays
Stress exposure
Food/water restriction
Timeline of conducted experiments