Incorporating inter-individual variability in experimental design improves the quality of results of animal experiments

• Marloes H. van der Goot ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: m.h.vandergoot@uu.nl

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Population Health Sciences, Section Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7782-8947

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• Marieke Kooij,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Population Health Sciences, Section Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Suzanne Stolte,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Population Health Sciences, Section Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Annemarie Baars,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Population Health Sciences, Section Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Saskia S. Arndt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Population Health Sciences, Section Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Hein A. van Lith

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work

  Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Population Health Sciences, Section Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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