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Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo

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Signal Attenuation as a Rat Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Koral Goltseker *1, Roni Yankelevitch-Yahav *1, Noa S. Albelda *1, Daphna Joel 1,2
1School of Psychological Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 2Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University

The goal of the protocol described in this paper is to induce compulsive-like behavior in rats for the study of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This behavior is precipitated by attenuating a signal indicating that a lever-press response was effective in producing food.

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Behavior

The Forced Swim Test as a Model of Depressive-like Behavior
Roni Yankelevitch-Yahav 1,2, Motty Franko 2, Avrham Huly 2, 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.

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Behavior

The Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress Protocol for Inducing Anhedonia in Mice
Or Burstein 1, 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.

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