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what is the porsolt forced swim test used for (what kind of drugs)

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antidepressants

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what did dr. porsolt find when young monkeys were separated from their mothers

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vocalisation and reduced play behaviour (depressed)

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what is learned helplessness

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the reaction of an animal once they give up when they are in an inescapable situation

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what did TCAs do to monkeys separated from their mothers

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reverse the sad behaviour

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what did chlorpromazine do to monkeys separated from their mothers

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didnt have an effect

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what happens when animals are exposed to adverse events to which they have no control over

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they have decreased motivation to respond

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what does the forced swim test model

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behavioural despair

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how do you set up a forced swim experiment

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they put a tall beaker of water for the rat to swim in and it cant escape, see how long it tries to swim and climb for

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do SSRIs work in forced swim

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no

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does buspirone work in forced swim

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yes

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what is the tail suspension test used for

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antidepressant testing

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what does the tail suspension test model for

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behavioural despair

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do SSRIs increase struggling time in tail suspension test

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yes

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what are two tests that scientists use to model depression

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tail suspension test and porsolt swim test

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what did TCAs do to monkeys separated from their mothers

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reverse the sad behaviour

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what did chlorpromazine do to monkeys separated from their mothers

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didnt have an effect

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what happens when animals are exposed to adverse events to which they have no control over

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they have decreased motivation to respond

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what does the forced swim test model

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behavioural despair

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how do you set up a forced swim experiment

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they put a tall beaker of water for the rat to swim in and it cant escape, see how long it tries to swim and climb for

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do SSRIs work in forced swim

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no

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does buspirone work in forced swim

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yes

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what is the tail suspension test used for

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antidepressant testing

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what does the tail suspension test model for

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behavioural despair

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do SSRIs increase struggling time in tail suspension test

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yes

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how does the open field behaviour test model OCD
they see the frequency +time+speed of visits back to the home base AND rituals performed at home base
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what are the 4 most common obsessions in OCD
doubt, indecision, contamination and symmetry
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what are the 4 most common compulsions in OCD
checking, washing, counting and hoarding
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what is prepulse inhibition
when the startle stimulus is given after some mild stimulus - this causes attenuation (they will be less startled)
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what is PANDAS
paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric dictorder associated with streptococcal infections, which gives kids OCD
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which drugs disrupts prepulse inhibition in rodents
apomorphine and phencyclidine
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what can reverse the effects of apomorphine
most antipsychotics
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which rats are used in the open field behaviour OCD test
long-evans
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what does the open field behaviour test look like
open field, 4 plexiglass cubes
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what type of test is used to model OCD
quinpirole-induced complusive checking in open field behaviour test
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what does the open field behaviour test test for
OCD
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how can you do physical lesions
remove part of brain tissue or electrolytic lesion
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does the quinpirole induced model fir McKinney's 4 criteria?
yes to symptoms and predictive validity (of drugs), similar inducing conditions. so maybe like 75% accurate
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what is habituation
when repeated exposure to a startle stimulus results in less response
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what chemicals (2) do they use to model parkinsons disease
6-OH-DA or MPTP
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which drug disrupts prepulse inhibition in rodents
apomorphine
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what can reverse the effects of apomorphine
most antipsychotics
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what is apomorphine
non-selective DA agonist
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what is phencyclidine
a drug that can also disrupt prepulse inhibition
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what can reverse the effects of phencyclidine
atypical antipsychotics
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what are the 3 chategories for neurodegenerative diseases
mechanical/physical toxic/chemical genetic models
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how can you do physical lesions
remove part of brain tissue or electronic lesion
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how do they do chemical lesions (what kind of chemical)
neurotoxic chemicals
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what disease does the most famous chemical lesion model link to
parkinsons
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what chemical do they use to model parkinsons disease
6-OH-DA
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what does 6-OH-DA do / how does it model parkinsons
it is taken up by DA neurons and destroys them
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what does quinolinic acid do to brain
makes an excitotoxic lesion
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what does MPTP use model
parkinsonism (chemical lesion)
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how does MPTP cause parkinsons like symptoms
metabolized by MAO B into a toxic metabolize to mitochondria, kills DA neurons
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which artery is a good target for stroke models
the middle cerebral artery
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do you do permanent or temporary occlusion the middle cerebral artery
either
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what happens when you occlude the the middle cerebral artery (2)
restricted blood flow, apoptosis
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why would you want to make stroke models
to screen fro drugs to test stroke
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what kind of drugs were developed using stroke models
NMDA antagonists
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what are some downsides to transgenic/knockout mice (4)
dont behave as well as rats, harder to train, more biting, more stinky
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are there knockout rats
yes but hard to get and make
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can animal model reflect human disease and behaviour
yes
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why do we use animal models for drug development
because they reflect human disease and behaviour
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what is optogenetics
use of light to control cells in living tissue, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels.
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how can we turn on neurons with optogenetics
stimulate with light (if there is the right excitatory channel that is put into the neuron)
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what can be an issue with gene knockouts (why do you have to take them with a grain of salt)
there can be genetic compensation when you knock out some genes

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