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Dictionary of Biological Psychology

Porsolt test

This is a test for the ANTIDEPRESSANT activity of a DRUG. One measures the time rats spend trying to escape from a beaker of water. This may have little to do with the state of depression, but (perhaps surprisingly) it does predict the likely antidepressant properties of novel compounds.

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Porsolt Test from Dictionary of Biological Psychology. ISBN: 0-203-29884-5. Published: 02-22-2001. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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