A behavioral animal model of posttraumatic stress disorder featuring repeated exposure to situational reminders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Pynoos, Robert S ^a,c   Ritzmann, Ronald F ^b   Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Goenjian, Armen ^a   Prisecaru, Ioana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0030021125     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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