Sentence:  Test mice were injected i.vt. with 95 mM taurine in a volume of 2 μ1,3 min prior to an <WSD>electroshock</WSD> (50 mA for 0.2 sec). The dose of taurine was chosen from our previous data on the suppressive action of the sulfur amino acid [...].  Control animals were injected with [...] phosphate buffered saline solution in an identical volume and 3 min later received the <WSD>electroshock</WSD>. All solutions injected i.vt. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (An) electric shock.