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Research unlocks the secrets of mouse behavior to help identify promising new psychiatric drugs
October 28, 2013 by NewsBot
Developing psychiatric medications is a long and complex process. Candidate drugs are evaluated and assessed based on their effects on the behavior of animals, usually rats or mice. Each class of drugs, from antidepressants to antipsychotics, is tested differently - often in a labor-intensive process that leaves plenty of room for human error...