A repeated measures cognitive affective bias test in rats: comparison with forced swim test.
Animal welfare
Antidepressant
Cognitive affective bias
Forced swim test
Mood disorders
Rodent models
Journal
Psychopharmacology
ISSN: 1432-2072
Titre abrégé: Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 7608025
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
28
06
2022
accepted:
17
11
2022
pubmed:
1
12
2022
medline:
1
12
2022
entrez:
30
11
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is an urgent need to identify behaviours in animals that can provide insight into the aetiology and potential treatment of depression in humans. This study aimed to validate a repeated measures cognitive affective bias (CAB) test in a rat model of chronic stress and compare CAB with forced swim test (FST) measures. Male and female Sprague Dawley rats were trained to associate large and small rewards with scent, spatial, and tactile cues, and their response to an ambiguous tactile stimulus tested. Rats underwent weekly CAB testing for 4 weeks with no intervention, or for 2 weeks of chronic restraint stress (CRS), followed by 2 weeks of fluoxetine, vehicle, or no treatment. CRS rats also underwent the FST at selected timepoints. In control rats, CAB was positive and remained stable over the 4-week period. In CRS-fluoxetine and CRS-vehicle groups, CAB was initially positive, became negative during chronic restraint stress, and returned to positive by 2 weeks after treatment. However, in the CRS-no treatment group, CAB was variable at the outset and unstable over time. Behaviour in the FST was not affected by treatment, and there was no correlation between CAB and FST outcomes. Instability in the CRS-no treatment group precluded interpretation of the impact of fluoxetine on CAB post-CRS. Our results suggest that behaviour in the FST does not reflect or alter affective state and support the use of CAB tests as part of the behavioural testing repertoire for preclinical animal models of affective disorders.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36450831
doi: 10.1007/s00213-022-06281-8
pii: 10.1007/s00213-022-06281-8
doi:
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Langues
eng
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