Mood disorders and Addiction

The "Mood disorders and addiction" includes a battery of tests dedicated to the study of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the development of psychiatric disorders such as mood disorders, addictions or schizophrenia. The tests in question allow a targeted evaluation of the functions of brain areas that appear to be disregolated in such diseases and the possible effect that a drug can exercise in restoring the physiological functions.

AVAILABLE TESTS

  • Elevated plus-maze
  • Open Field
  • Forced swim test
  • Tail suspension test
  • Active/Passive avoidance
  • Prepulse inhibition
  • Two-bottle choice test
  • Drinking in the Dark
  • Place preference test
  • Social interaction test
  • Novelty-induced grooming test
  • Activity Cage test
  • Unpredictable chronic mild stress
  • Sucrose intake test