The effect of recording interval length on behavioral assessment using the forced swimming test

IF 2.4 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Revista Iberoamericana de Psicologia y Salud Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rips.2015.04.004

Paloma Álvarez-Suárez , María Banqueri , Marina Vilella , Marta Méndez , Jorge L. Arias

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Abstract

The forced swimming test is a method used in the assessment of depressive-like behavior in rodents. Changes in the original forced swimming test procedure developed by Porsolt et al. and their influence in the results is a controversial issue and has been discussed in many studies. Animal's behavior is usually recorded by partial interval recording, dividing the total recording time into equal intervals and manually recording the predominant behavior. Despite the influence of the recording method in the subsequent results, this issue has not been further studied nor normalized. The aim of this study was to assess whether the representativeness of the data is influenced by the recording interval length, by recording behaviors (immobility, swim and climbing) in the same subjects at 3, 5 and 10 s recording intervals. We used a non-pathological sample of male and female adult Wistar rats. Our results show no differences in the use of these three recording intervals in the registration method of the forced swimming test, for the main three behaviors measured.

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强迫游泳测验中记录间隔时间对行为评估的影响

强迫游泳测试是一种用于评估啮齿动物抑郁样行为的方法。Porsolt等人对原强迫游泳测试程序的改变及其对结果的影响是一个有争议的问题，在许多研究中都有讨论。动物行为的记录通常采用部分间隔记录，将总记录时间分成相等的间隔，人工记录优势行为。尽管在随后的结果中有记录方法的影响，但这个问题并没有得到进一步的研究和规范。本研究的目的是评估数据的代表性是否受到记录间隔长度的影响，通过记录同一受试者在3,5和10s的记录间隔内的行为(不动，游泳和攀爬)。我们使用了雄性和雌性成年Wistar大鼠的非病理样本。我们的结果表明，在强迫游泳测试的注册方法中，对于主要测量的三种行为，这三种记录间隔的使用没有差异。

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