Sociability Chamber citations

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When Familiar Faces Feel Better: A Framework for Social Neurocognitive Aging in a Rat Model.

Subhadeep Dutta Gupta, Jeffrey M Long, Peter R Rapp · eNeuro · 2026

From the methods
...being placed in a three-chamber apparatus for social behavioral testing. The custom apparatus (Maze Engineers) featured three adjacent compartments (40 × 80 × 40 cm; L × W × H) divided by walls with...
Adolescent social isolation increases social behavior in Wistar rats: Role of post-weaning isolation housing on Social Familiarity-induced Anxiolysis (SoFiA) and social memory in adulthood

Andrew R. Burke, Cristian Bernabe, Amy Dietrich et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 2025

From the methods
The three room sociability chamber (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA) was used for SRT.
Gamma frequency connectivity in frontostriatal networks associated with social preference is reduced with traumatic brain injury

Morteza Salimi, Tianzhi Tang, Milad Nazari et al. · Network Neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024

From the methods
We used a standard three-chamber maze, 80 × 40 × 40 cm in size (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA).
Impaired Functional Connectivity of Cortico-Amygdala Pathway Can Drive Social Behavior Deficits in Synucleinopathies

Hong-Yuan Chu, Wei Zhou, Samuel Daniels et al. · Preprint on Research Square · 2024

From the methods
To assess animals’ social interaction behavior, mice were placed to three-chamber apparatus (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL) with left, middle, and right chambers (20 x 13.5 cm2).
Neuronal Ensembles in the Amygdala Allow Social Information to Motivate Later Decisions

Henry W Kietzman, Gracy Trinoskey-Rice, Esther H Seo et al. · The Journal of Neuroscience · 2024

From the methods
Mice were given 10 min to habituate to the middle section of a large chamber (40.5 × 60 × 25 cm; MazeEngineers) divided into three sections.
Prior Negative Experience Biases Activity of Medial Amygdala during Interstrain Social Engagement in Male Rats.

Alexandra C Ritger, Nimah M Rasheed, Mallika Padival et al. · eNeuro · 2024

From the methods
...preference test was performed in a three-chamber apparatus with an open top (100 × 45 × 40 cm, Maze Engineers).
Estradiol withdrawal following a hormone simulated pregnancy induces deficits in affective behaviors and increases ∆FosB in D1 and D2 neurons in the nucleus accumbens core in mice

William B. Foster, Katherine F. Beach, Paige F. Carson et al. · Hormones and Behavior · 2023

From the methods
The apparatus consists of two lateral chambers (21 × 19 × 29.5 cm) composed of solid, light gray plastic, and a clear plastic holding chamber (21 × 6.5 × 29.5 cm) and removable doors (Maze Engineers).
Social incentivization of instrumental choice in mice requires amygdala-prelimbic cortex-nucleus accumbens connectivity

Henry W Kietzman, Gracy Trinoskey-Rice, Sarah A Blumenthal et al. · Nature Communications · 2022

From the methods
...were given 10 min to habituate to the middle section of a large chamber (40 × 20 × 25 cm; MazeEngineers) divided into three sections.
Altered neural oscillations and behavior in a genetic mouse model of NMDA receptor hypofunction

David D. Aguilar, Leana K. Radzik, Felipe L. Schiffino et al. · Scientific Reports · 2021

From the methods
We utilized a 3 chamber (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA) task protocol modified from DeVito, et al.[20] portrayed in Fig. 1A.
Altered synaptic connectivity and brain function in mice lacking microglial adapter protein Iba1

Pablo J. Lituma, Evan Woo, Bruce F. O’Hara et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021

From the methods
Mice were assayed in a Chamber (20 cm L x 40.5 cm W x 22 cm H, mouse sociability maze from Maze Engineers, Cambridge, USA) equally divided into three compartments.
Social Behavior Is Modulated by Valence-Encoding mPFC-Amygdala Sub-circuitry

Wen-Chin Huang, Aya Zucca, Jenna Levy et al. · Cell Reports · 2020

From the methods
...assay, a mouse connected to optic fibers habituated to a custom two/three-chamber apparatus (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA, USA) in the three-chamber configuration for 5 minutes.