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

Figure 4

NL3 male mice show aggression towards female mice. (a) Latency to stalk female mouse, (b) duration of stalking female, and (c) percentage of male mice attacking female. Values are an average of 4 tests (2 phases, 2 weeks) and data in (a-b) 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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