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Table 6 The immobility time of stressed rats in forced swimming test

From: Optimized animal model to mimic the reality of stress-induced depression in the clinic

Models

N

Despair

Sub-despair

Despair-resilience

NOR

120

245.26 ± 30.78

176.68 ± 31.28*

87.66 ± 37.94

MD

111

248.91 ± 30.51

172.68 ± 10.07*

86.99 ± 39.74

CUS

122

242.30 ± 33.55

173.54 ± 10.41*

87.51 ± 39.14

MD + CUS

99

248.82 ± 35.30

176.01 ± 12.58*

88.58 ± 36.40

  1. In each models,*Compared to despair-resilience, p < 0.05; ΔCompared to sub-despair, p < 0.05