The Open University of Israel

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Behavior

The Forced Swim Test as a Model of Depressive-like Behavior

Roni Yankelevitch-Yahav^1,2, Motty Franko², Avrham Huly², Ravid Doron^2,3,4

¹School of Psychological Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, ²School of Behavioral Sciences, Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, ³Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, ⁴School of Health and Life Sciences, Hadassah Academic College

This protocol describes the forced swim test, which is used for the study of depressive-like behavior in rodents. This procedure involves placing an animal in a container filled with water that eventually will lead to the exhibition of immobility behavior, which is considered to reflect behavioral despair.

Behavior

The Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress Protocol for Inducing Anhedonia in Mice

Or Burstein¹, Ravid Doron^1,2

¹School of Behavioral Science, The Academic College Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, ²Department of Education and Psychology, Open University

Here we present the unpredictable chronic mild stress protocol in mice. This protocol induces a long-term depressive-like phenotype and enables to assess the efficacy of putative antidepressants in reversing the behavioral and neuromolecular depressive-like deficits.

Behavior

Examining Changes in HRV and Emotion Following Artmaking with Three Different Art Materials

Johanna Czamanski-Cohen¹, Giora Galili², John J. B. Allen³

¹The Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, The School of Creative Arts Therapies, The Faculty of Health and Welfare, University of Haifa, ²The Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, ³Department of Psychology, University of Arizona

The goal of the protocol is to guide researchers in conducting experiments that are intended to measure changes in self-reported emotional response and heart rate variability following art making with different materials. The protocol can easily be adapted for use in a variety of behavioral conditions and activities.