Source Paper
Voluntary exercise produces antidepressant and anxiolytic behavioral effects in mice
Catharine H. Duman, Lee Schlesinger, David S. Russell, Ronald S. Duman
Brain Research • 2008
Tail Suspension Test
Objective: Assessment of antidepressant-like behavioral effects in mice following chronic wheel running using the tail suspension test paradigm
This is a Tail Suspension Test protocol using mouse as the model organism. The procedure involves 5 procedural steps, 2 equipment items, 1 materials. Extracted from a 2008 paper published in Brain Research.
Model and subjects
mouse • Not specified in provided text • unknown • Not specified in provided text • Not specified in provided text
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Provide voluntary wheel running access • Conduct tail suspension test • Measure behavioral responses
Primary readouts
- Antidepressant-like behavior in tail suspension test
- Immobility time or duration
- Behavioral responses compared to sedentary controls
- Behavioral responses compared to antidepressant drug-treated animals
Key equipment and reagents
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Provide voluntary wheel running access
Mice were given free access to running wheels for chronic exercise
Note: This is the intervention condition compared to sedentary control mice
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“Mice given free access to running wheels showed antidepressant-like behavior”
Conduct tail suspension test
Mice were tested in the tail suspension paradigm to assess antidepressant-like behavioral effects
Note: Test was performed on both exercising and sedentary control mice
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“tail suspension paradigms”
Measure behavioral responses
Behavioral responses in tail suspension test were recorded and compared between exercising and control mice
Note: Responses were similar to antidepressant drug-treated animals
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“These responses were similar to responses of antidepressant drug-treated animals”
Test BDNF knockout mice
Heterozygous BDNF knockout mice were tested in tail suspension paradigm after wheel-running
Note: Exercise was ineffective in improving performance in BDNF heterozygous knockout mice
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“exercise was ineffective in improving FST performance in heterozygous BDNF knockout mice”
Administer MEK inhibitor
Subchronic administration of PD184161 was given to exercising mice to block MAPK signaling pathway
Note: This blocked the antidepressant-like behavioral response in the tail suspension test
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“Subchronic administration of PD184161 to exercising mice blocked the antidepressant-like behavioral response”