The contribution of an animal model toward uncovering biological risk factors for PTSD

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2006, Pages 335-350

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Matar, Michael A ^b   Richter Levin, Gal ^b   Zohar, Joseph ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anisomycin; Early life stress; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Memory consolidation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANISOMYCIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746447621     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1364.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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