Figure 2.
Effects of adolescent social defeat stress on forced swimming behavior, 24 h after the last defeat episode (postnatal day 45). Defeated (stressed; n =10) adolescent mice exhibited a depressive-like behavior as inferred by (a) lower time to adopt an initial posture of immobility and conversely (b) spending significantly more time in the immobile position, when compared to control (non-stressed; n =8) mice. *Significantly different from controls (p<0.05). Data are presented as mean time (s) + SEM.