Research Article

Social Isolation Alters Social and Mating Behavior in the R451C Neuroligin Mouse Model of Autism

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Isolation housing increased sociability in WT and NL3 mice. (a) Latency to sniff, (b) sniffing head of female, (c) sniffing body, and (d) sniffing genital region. Values are an average of 4 tests (2 phases, 2 weeks) and data in (b–d) are displayed as boxplots with median plus the 25th and 75th percentiles. Whiskers represent the minimum and maximum values. SOC = socially housed animals (WT: ; NL3 = 10); ISO = isolation-housed (WT: ; NL3 = 9) animals. and .
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