Effect of changes in swimming area on results of “behavioral despair test”

Behavioral despair in mice: a primary screening test for antidepressants.

Porsolt Rd, Aurélie Bertin, M Jalfre · PubMed · 1977 · 3.3K citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Psychiatry +17

Behavioural despair in rats: A new model sensitive to antidepressant treatments

Roger D. Porsolt, Guy Anton, N. Blavet et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1978 · 3.1K citations

Medicine, Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology +13

Immobility induced by forced swimming in rats: Effects of agents which modify central catecholamine and serotonin activity

Roger D. Porsolt, Anne Bertin, N. Blavet et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1979 · 577 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14

Role of the neostriatal dopaminergic activity in sequencing and selecting behavioural strategies: Facilitation of processes involved in selecting the best strategy in a stressful situation

A.R. Cools · Behavioural Brain Research · 1980 · 282 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Does the behavioral “despair” test measure “despair”?

Franco Borsini, G Volterra, Alberto Meli · Physiology & Behavior · 1986 · 123 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +9