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The Forced Swim Test as a Model of Depressive-like Behavior
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המבחן לשחות בכפייה כמודל להתנהגות דמוית דיכאון

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March 02, 2015

DOI:

10.3791/52587-v

DOI:
10.3791/52587-v

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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

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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.

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Yankelevitch-Yahav, R., Franko, M., Huly, A., Doron, R. The Forced Swim Test as a Model of Depressive-like Behavior. J. Vis. Exp. (97), e52587, doi:10.3791/52587 (2015).

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