The Sweet Drive Test: Refining phenotypic characterization of anhedonic behavior in rodents

The Sweet Drive Test: Refining phenotypic characterization of anhedonic behavior in rodents

Measuring anhedonic behavior in rodents is a challenging task as current methods display only moderate sensitivity to detect anhedonic phenotype and, consequently, results from different labs are frequently incongruent. Herein we present a newly-developed test, the Sweet Drive Test (SDT), which inte...

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Main Authors: António eMateus-Pinheiro, Patricia ePatricio, Nuno Dinis Alves, Ana Rita Machado-Santos, Monica eMorais, João M Bessa, Nuno eSousa, Luisa ePinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Anhedonia
Depression
Antidepressants
sweet drive test
utrasonic vocalizations
sucrose consumption test
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00074/full

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