Learned helplessness in the rat: Improvements in validity and reliability

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Vollmayr, B ^a   Henn, F A ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Depression; Learned helplessness; Rat; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SHOCK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034893125     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(01)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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