Fig. 1: Schematic of experimental protocols and procedures and behavioral results.

a Flow diagram of experiment. Analysis of weight, sucrose preference in SPT and immobility (%) in FST of the mice after 4 weeks of CUMS (b) and 4 weeks of escitalopram administration (c). (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, One-way analysis of variance). FST, forced swim test. SPT, sucrose preference test.