Mood and Anxiety Related Phenotypes in Mice Characterization Using B

Affecting approximately twenty percent of the world population, mood and anxiety disorders have been the subject of ever-increasing research. This increased research parallels a remarkable growth in the use of the laboratory mouse as a tool

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Series Editor Wolfgang Walz University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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Mood and Anxiety Related Phenotypes in Mice Characterization Using Behavioral Tests

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Todd D. Gould University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Editor Todd D. Gould Department of Psychiatry MSTF; Rm934D University of Maryland School of Medicine 685 W. Baltimore Street Baltimore MD 21201 USA [email protected]

ISSN 0893-2336 e-ISSN 1940-6045 ISBN 978-1-60761-302-2 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-303-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-303-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927010 # Humana Press, a part of Springer ScienceþBusiness Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Humana Press, c/o Springer ScienceþBusiness Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper springer.com

Series Preface Under the guidance of its founders Alan Boulton and Glen Baker, the Neuromethods series by Humana Press has been very successful since the first volume appeared in 1985. In about 17 years, 37 volumes have been published. In 2006, Springer ScienceþBusiness Media made a renewed commitment to this series. The new program will focus on methods that are either unique to the nervous system and excitable cells or which need special consideration to be applied to the neurosciences. The program will strike a balance between recent and exciting developments like those concerning new animal models of disease, imaging, in vivo methods, and more established techniques. These include immunocytochemistry and electrophysiological technologies. New trainees in neurosciences still need a sound footing in these older methods in order to apply a critical approach to their results. The careful application of methods is probably the most important step in the process of scientific inquiry. In the past, new methodologies led the way in developing new disciplines in the biological and medical sciences. For example, Physiology emerged out of Anatomy in the 19th century by harnessing new me