About the Authors
- S. Helene Richter
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Affiliations Animal Models in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Mannheim, Germany, Animal Welfare and Ethology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Behavioural Biology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Joseph P. Garner
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Affiliation Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Benjamin Zipser
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Affiliation Behavioural Biology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Lars Lewejohann
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Affiliation Behavioural Biology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Norbert Sachser
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Affiliation Behavioural Biology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Chadi Touma
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Affiliation Psychoneuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Britta Schindler
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Affiliation Psychoneuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Sabine Chourbaji
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Affiliation Animal Models in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Mannheim, Germany
- Christiane Brandwein
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Affiliation Animal Models in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Mannheim, Germany
- Peter Gass
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Affiliation Animal Models in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Mannheim, Germany
- Niek van Stipdonk
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Affiliation Delta Phenomics BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Johanneke van der Harst
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Affiliation Delta Phenomics BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Berry Spruijt
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Affiliation Delta Phenomics BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Vootele Võikar
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Affiliations Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- David P. Wolfer
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Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Hanno Würbel
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* E-mail: hanno.wuerbel@vetmed.uni-giessen.de
Affiliation Animal Welfare and Ethology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Competing Interests
Three authors (Niek van Stipdonk, Johanneke van der Harst and Berry Spruijt) are employed by a commercial company (Delta Phenomics BV), and part of the study was conducted in a lab of this company. However, the company played no other role in this study. The collaboration was based on Berry Spruijt's expertise in behavioural phenotyping and not on anything related to the company. Moreover, the costs for the study (animals, consumables) and the costs for the biotechnician who tested the animals was covered by the grant provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The authors confirm that the affiliation to this company does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SHR HW. Performed the experiments: SHR BZ CT BS SC CB NvS VV. Analyzed the data: SHR HW JPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW DPW PG BS NS CT. Wrote the paper: SHR HW JPG. Supervised the experimental work in the Muenster lab: LL. Supervised the experimental work in the Utrecht lab: JvdH. Contributed to manuscript preparation: LL JvdH B. Spruijt. Provided the lab space and equipment in the Utrecht lab, organised the experimental part of this lab: B. Spruijt. Conducted part of the behavioural testing in the Munich lab: B. Schindler.