The Rodent Forced Swim Test Measures Stress-Coping Strategy, Not Depression-like Behavior.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  ACS Chemical Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2017-03-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00042PMID 28287253PMCID PMC5518600
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