慢性应激模型由Katz RJ于1981年逐渐发展而成,Katz RJ, Roth KA, Carroll BJ. Acute and chronic stress effects on open field activity in the rat: implications for a model of depression.Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 1981 Summer;5(2):247-51.Katz RJ, Sibel M.Animal model of depression: tests of three structurally and pharmacologically novel antidepressant compounds.Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1982 Jun;16(6):973-7.Katz RJ. Animal model of depression: pharmacological sensitivity of a hedonic deficit.fficeffice" />
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1982 Jun;16(6):965-8.大鼠在15天内,不定期的接受多种刺激后,会出现一系列情绪行为改变,如自发活动减少、学习能力下降、食欲减退和快感缺乏等。国外学者报道,从动物模型的合理性,于抑郁症精神症状的相似性及对抗抑郁药物的反应来看,慢性应激模型是其中较为有效的抑郁症模型之一。慢性应激模型也常作为抑郁症发病和抗抑郁药物作用机制的有效模型之一Paul Willner. Validity, reliability and utility of the chronic mild stress model. of depression: a 10-year review and evaluation. Psychopharmacology 1997,134:319-29