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The Mouse Forced Swim Test
Published on: January 29, 2012
Effects of cholinomimetics and cholinolytics in a despair test in mice
1Department of Pharmacology, Silesian Medical Academy, Medical Faculty in Zabrze, Poland.
Homeostasis in Health and Disease : International Journal Devoted to Integrative Brain Functions and Homeostatic Systems
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
Cholinomimetics prolonged, while cholinolytics shortened the immobility time ("despair reaction") in a forced swimming test. It is concluded that this behavioral test is useful in studies on the central cholinergic system in mice.
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