The tail suspension test: A new method for screening antidepressants in mice

By L. Stéru, R. Chermat, Bernard Thierry, P. Simon. Psychopharmacology, 2004

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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology

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In Behavioral Neuroscience

1. Bridget R. Mueller
2. R. Hen
3. H. Schmidt
4. R. Duman
5. C. Mombereau
6. T. Bale
7. J. Cryan
8. G. Koob

In Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

1. H. Schmidt
2. R. Duman
3. R. Hen
4. J. Cryan
5. T. Kam
6. H. Ko
7. Nikhil Panicker
8. T. Bale

In Social Psychology

1. J. Cryan
2. R. Duman
3. H. Schmidt
4. R. Hen
5. C. Mombereau
6. T. Bale
7. Bridget R. Mueller
8. Ted G. Dinan

Citations in the corpus

• BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF FLUOXETINE IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF ANXIETY/DEPRESSION ARE MEDIATED BY BOTH NEUROGENESIS-DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT MECHANISMS (2009, methodology): “Tail suspension testing was performed as previously described (Mayorga et al., 2001 and Steru et al., 1985 ).”
• Rodent Models of Depression: Forced Swim and Tail Suspension Behavioral Despair Tests in Rats and Mice (2007, methodology): “The tail suspension test described by Stéru et al. (1985) is a conceptually related procedure.”
• Sex-Specific Programming of Offspring Emotionality after Stress Early in Pregnancy (2008, methodology): “To examine maladaptive behaviors of adult offspring, mice were examined using the tail suspension test (TST) as previously described (Steru et al., 1985).”
• Transneuronal Propagation of Pathologic α-Synuclein from the Gut to the Brain Models Parkinson's Disease. (2019, methodology): “To assess depressive-like symptoms, the mice were evaluated by the tail suspension test and forced swim test (Figures 5J and 5K; Video S5; Cryan et al., 2005; Porsolt et al., 1978; Steru et al., 1985).”
• In search of a depressed mouse: utility of models for studying depression-related behavior in genetically modified mice (2004, background): “Briefly, mice are suspended by their tails for 6 min, and the amount of time they spend immobile is recorded”
• The role of neurotrophic factors in adult hippocampal neurogenesis, antidepressant treatments and animal models of depressive-like behavior (2007, background): “, 1977) and the tail suspension test (TST) (Steru et al., 1985) are two stress-based tests that are sensitive to the behavioral effects of antidepressant administration.”