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 ...

Animal models of human disease have extremely mixed results, and all too often they do not work well and accomplish their goals of helping humans. 1 One such procedure, the forced swim test, is a ...

In the Forced Swim Test (FST), a mouse or rat is placed in a closed container of water from which they cannot escape. The animal initially struggles to escape but eventually gives up and begins ...

Chandigarh: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) has announced that Chitkara University will no longer permit the forced swim test to be conducted at its institution. The ...

Enveric Biosciences Inc. has released promising preclinical results for its lead neuroplastogen drug candidate, EB-003, in the open space forced swim test, a preclinical mouse model of severe ...

After five years, a host of global stars, a series of eye-catching demonstrations and noisy direct action protests, Bristol University has announced its scientists will not be conducting any more of ...