Research Article

[Retracted] Selection of the Male or Female Sex in Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress-Induced Animal Models of Depression

Table 2

Depression model induced by the CUMS procedure in female mice.

StudyAnimalBody weight/ageCUMS exposure timeDepression evaluation

Cheng et al., 2020C57BL/6J mice12–20 g, 7–9 weeks28 daysForced swimming test, tail suspension test, sucrose preference test, open field test
Filho et al., 2015C57BL/6J mice20–25 g, 90 days28 daysSucrose preference test, forced swimming test, open field test
He et al., 2018Kunming mice20–25 g28 daysForced swimming test, tail suspension test, locomotor activity
Li et al., 2020C57BL/6 mice; 8 weeks56 daysSucrose preference test, elevated plus maze, open field test, forced swimming test, social interaction test
Liu et al., 2019C57BL/6 mice18–22 g, 8 weeks28 daysSucrose preference test, tail suspension test, open field test
Mahmoud et al., 2019BALB/c mice, 7 weeks21 daysSucrose preference test, forced swim test (FST), despair-like behavior in fear conditioning chamber, locomotor activity
Taksande et al., 2013Swiss albino mice25–30 g, adult28 daysSucrose preference test, splash test, forced swim test
Thakare et al., 2018Swiss albino mice30–35 g, 70–80 days28 daysSucrose preference test, forced swim test, open field test
Zhou et al., 2019C57BL/6J mice18–22 g, 8 weeks42 daysSucrose preference test, forced swimming test, and tail suspension test