15-01-2021New paper published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyA paper is published in "Behavioural Brain Research". Krakenberg, V; Wewer, M; Palme, R; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter, SH (2021): Regular touchscreen training affects faecal corticosterone metabolites and anxiety-like behaviour in mice. Behavioural Brain Research 401: 113080. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.113080
01-01-2021New paper published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyTwo paper are published in "Physiology & Behavior". Feige-Diller, J; Palme, R; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter, SH (2021): The impact of varying food availability on health and welfare in mice: Testing the Match-Mismatch hypothesis. Physiology & Behavior 228: 113193. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113193 Bodden, C; Wewer, M; Kästner, N; Palme, R; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter, SH (2021): Not all mice are alike: Mixed-strain housing alters social behaviour. Physiology & Behavior 228: 113220. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113220
27-10-2020New paper published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyA paper is published in "Scientific Reports". von Kortzfleisch, V.T., Karp, N.A., Palme, R., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N., Richter, S.H. (2020). Improving reproducibility in animal research by splitting the study population into several ‘mini-experiments’. Scientific Reports 10: 16579. For more information see also: Newsportal of the University of Münster
12-10-2020New correspondence published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyA Correspondence Letter is published in "Nature Reviews Neuroscience". Richter, S.H., von Kortzfleisch, V. (2020). It is time for an empirically informed paradigm shift in animal research. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 21: 660.
09-10-2020New opinion paper published!© Department of Behavioural Biology An opinion paper is published in "Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences". Sachser, N., Zimmermann, T.D., Hennessy, M.B., Kaiser, S. (2020). Sensitive phases in the development of rodent social behavior. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 36: 63–70.
17-09-2020New paper published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyA paper is published in "Scientific Reports". Krakenberg, V., Siestrup, S., Palme, R., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N., Richter, S.H. (2020). Effects of different social experiences on emotional state in mice. Scientific Reports 10: 1-12.
25-07-2020New opinion paper published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyAn opinion paper is published in "Trends in Ecology & Evolution". Müller, C., Caspers, B. A., Gadau, J., & Kaiser, S. (2020). The power of infochemicals in mediating individualized niches. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35: 981–989.
17-07-2020New interview online!© Helene RichterTalk with Prof. Dr. Helene Richter about animal welfare, animal protection and reproducibility in animal experimental research! Find the interview here: Podcast of the University of Münster
10-06-2020New paper published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyA paper is published in "Proceedings of the Royal Society B". Mutwill, A.M., Zimmermann, T.D., Hennicke, A., Richter, S.H., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N. (2020). Adaptive reshaping of the hormonal phenotype after social niche transition in adulthood. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 287: 20200667. For more information see also: Newsportal of the University of Münster
21-11-2018New review published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyNorbert Sachser, Michael B. Hennessy und Sylvia Kaiser publish a review in "Biology Letters". Sachser, N., Hennessy, M.B. and Kaiser, S. (2018). The adaptive shaping of social behavioural phenotypes during adolescence. Biol. Lett. 14: 20180536.
26-06-2018New book published!© Department of Behavioural BiologyProf. Dr. Norbert Sachser publishes his book with the title "Der Mensch im Tier" (The Human Animal).