Forced swimming test in mice: a review of antidepressant activity

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Model organisms: The ascent of mouse: advances in modelling human depression and anxiety (2005, neutral): “Of these experimental procedures, the forced swim test (FST) (also known as Porsolt's test; a behavioural despair test) is probably the most widely and most frequently use”
Rodent Models of Depression: Forced Swim and Tail Suspension Behavioral Despair Tests in Rats and Mice (2007, background): “The strain of mice used for test substance evaluation is also of particular importance in the behavioral despair test (David et al., 2003; Petit-Demouliere et al., 2005).”
Mood and anxiety related phenotypes in mice : characterization using behavioral tests (2009, background): “1) usually begins with licking of the paws, followed by washing the nose and face, the head, the body, the legs, and finally washing and licking the tail and genitals (3, 15, 16).”