The Mouse Forced Swim Test

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The Mouse Forced Swim Test

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10.3791/3638-v

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06:19 min

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January 29, 2012

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Adem Can, David T. Dao, Michal Arad, Chantelle E. Terrillion, Sean C. Piantadosi, Todd D. Gould^3,4

¹Department of Psychiatry,University of Maryland School of Medicine, ²Tulane University School of Medicine, ³Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics,University of Maryland School of Medicine, ⁴The Program in Neuroscience,University of Maryland

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01:21Methods
03:15Scoring

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The forced swim test is validated as an experimental approach to assess potential antidepressant efficacy in rodents. Experimental animals are placed in a tank of water and escape-related mobility behavior is quantified. The common procedures for the mouse version of this test are described.

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