Hadassah Academic College 1 article published in JoVE Behavior The Forced Swim Test as a Model of Depressive-like Behavior Roni Yankelevitch-Yahav1,2, Motty Franko2, Avrham Huly2, Ravid Doron2,3,4 1School of Psychological Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 2School of Behavioral Sciences, Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, 3Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, 4School of Health and Life Sciences, Hadassah Academic College This protocol describes the forced swim test, which is used for the study of depressive-like behavior in rodents. This procedure involves placing an animal in a container filled with water that eventually will lead to the exhibition of immobility behavior, which is considered to reflect behavioral despair.
