Automated analysis of antidepressants' effect in the forced swim test

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Kulikov, Alexander V ^a   Morozova, Maryana V ^a   Kulikov, Viktor A ^b   Kirichuk, Valeri S ^b   Popova, Nina K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drug; Automated measurement; Forced swim test; Inbred mice

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 77955053421     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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