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

Table 3

Depression model induced by the CUMS procedure in female rats.

Study	Animal	Body weight/age	CUMS exposure time	Depression evaluation
Fu et al., 2018	Sprague–Dawley rats	, 12 weeks	35 days	Open field test, sucrose consumption test.
He et al., 2018	Sprague–Dawley rats	170–180 g	28 days	Body weight, sucrose intake changes
Lu et al., 2017	Sprague–Dawley rats	230–250 g, 8 weeks	21 days	Body weight, open field test, sucrose preference test
Peng et al., 2020	Sprague–Dawley rats	280–300 g, 8–12 weeks	45 days	Sucrose preference test, forced swimming test, open field test
Wang et al., 2021	Sprague–Dawley rats	200–220 g	70 days	Sucrose preference test, light and dark box test (LDB), open field test
Weisbrod et al., 2019	Sprague–Dawley rats	51–55 d	14 days	Open field activity, body weight
Zhang et al., 2019	Sprague–Dawley rats	250–280 g, adult	42 days	Open field test, self-grooming behaviors
Zhang et al., 2019	Sprague–Dawley rats	250–280 g, adult	45 days	Sucrose preference test, forced swimming test, elevated plus maze test