MEIRSMAN , Aura Carole

Abstract The rules leading to the emergence of a social organization and the role of social hierarchy on normal and pathological behaviours remain elusive. Here we show that groups of four isogenic male mice rapidly form enduring social ranks in a dominance hierarchy. Highest ranked individuals display enhanced anxiety and working memory, are...

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BackgroundSocial status in human, generally reflected by socioeconomic status, has been associated, when constrained, with heightened vulnerability to pathologies including psychiatric diseases. Social hierarchy in mice translates into individual and interdependent behavioral strategies of animals within a group. The rules leading to the...