Collective Housing of Mice of Different Age Groups before Maturity Affects Mouse Behavior

Figure 4

Effect of housing condition on performance in the social interaction test. The sociability test: graphs showing the total distance traveled (), the number of entries around the cage (), the time spent around the cage (), and the sociability index defined as the (). The social novelty preference test: graphs showing the total distance traveled (), the number of entries around the cage (), the time spent around the cage (), and the social novelty preference index defined as the (). All data are presented as box plots. Significant difference in comparisons between groups (). The values were calculated using two-way ANOVA in (a), (d), (e), and (h), and two-way repeated measures ANOVA in (b), (c), (f), and (g).