Research ArticleNew Research, Disorders of the Nervous System H. Manouze, A. Ghestem, V. Poillerat, M. Bennis, S. Ba-M’hamed, J. J. Benoliel, C. Becker and C. Bernard eNeuro 22 July 2019, 6 (4) ENEURO.0179-18.2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0179-18.2019 Abstract Many experimental approaches require housing rodents in individual cages, including in epilepsy research. However, rats and mice are social animals; and individual housing constitutes a stressful situation.