Forced Swim Test
Objective: Measurement of depression-related behaviors in mice with dorsal medial habenula lesions using the forced swim test
This is a Forced Swim Test protocol using mouse as the model organism. The procedure involves 1 procedural steps, 1 equipment items. Extracted from a 2014 paper published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Model and subjects
mouse • Not specified in provided text • unknown • Not specified in provided text • Not specified in provided text
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Core workflow
Forced swim test administration
Primary readouts
- Depression-related behaviors
- Comparison between lesioned and control mice in forced swim test performance
Key equipment and reagents
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Forced swim test administration
Mice were subjected to the forced swim test as a measure of depression-related behavior
Note: This test was used to assess depression-related phenotypes in mice with dMHb lesions
View evidence from paper
“show deficits in sucrose preference, but not in the forced swim test, two measures of depression-related phenotypes in rodents”