Behaviors of Mice Given Forced-Swimming

摘要

Behavors of mice in the forced swimming test are motionlessness, climbing and the other stereotypical behavior. We observed these behaviors in different ages and sex and in repeated forced swimming trials. The findings were 1)quantities of the climbing and the other behaviors were different with the age and sex, 2)repeated per day forced swimming remarkably increased motionlessness is memorized for at least 14 days, and 3)climbing is the typical opposite behavior of motionlessness and was related to adrenergic but not serotonergic neuronal activity.