Testing mice for depression is challenging. “You can’t put a mouse on a psychiatrist’s couch and ask it how it’s feeling,” said Sarah Bailey, who heads the pharmacology group at the University of Bath ...
Rats with faecal implants from exuberant toddlers were more willing to explore their surroundings ...
The tail suspension test (TST), a sibling of the FST, was developed in 1985 and requires that a mouse be suspended by its tail in a small chamber so that it can neither escape nor hold on to a nearby ...