<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An animal model of human behavior represents a complex of cognitive and/or emotional processess, which are translated from animals to humans. A behavioral test is developed primarily and specifically to verify and support a theory of cognition or emotion; it can also be used to verify a theory of a psychopathology, but it is not developed for a particular type of psychopathology. The paper reviews tests commonly used in novel drug discovery research. Focus is especially on tests which can evaluate anxiety-like (open-field test, novelty suppressed feeding, elevated plus maze, light/dark box, stressinduced hyperthermia) and depression-like behaviors (forced swim test, tail suspension test, sucrose preference test) as they represent an important methodological tool in pre-clinical as well as in behavioral toxicology studies.</p></abstract>

An animal model of human behavior represents a complex of cognitive and/or emotional processess, which are translated from animals to humans. A behavioral test is developed primarily and specifically to verify and support a theory of cognition or emotion; it can also be used to verify a theory of a psychopathology, but it is not developed for a particular type of psychopathology. The paper reviews tests commonly used in novel drug discovery research. Focus is especially on tests which can evaluate anxiety-like (open-field test, novelty suppressed feeding, elevated plus maze, light/dark box, stressinduced hyperthermia) and depression-like behaviors (forced swim test, tail suspension test, sucrose preference test) as they represent an important methodological tool in pre-clinical as well as in behavioral toxicology studies.

Animal tests for anxiety-like and depression-like behavior in rats

Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Department of Pharmacology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

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An animal model of human behavior represents a complex of cognitive and/or emotional processess, which are translated from animals to humans. A behavioral test...

Animal tests for anxiety-like and depression-like behavior in rats

Published Online: Feb 14, 2018

Page range: 40 - 43

Received: Mar 10, 2017

Accepted: Apr 25, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2017-0006

Keywords
behavior, rat, anxiety, depression, tests

© 2017 Interdisciplinary Toxicology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Animal tests for anxiety-like and depression-like behavior in rats

Published Online: Feb 14, 2018

Page range: 40 - 43

Received: Mar 10, 2017

Accepted: Apr 25, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2017-0006

Keywordsbehavior, rat, anxiety, depression, tests

© 2017 Interdisciplinary Toxicology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
behavior, rat, anxiety, depression, tests