Analysis of grooming behavior and its utility in studying animal stress, anxiety, and depression

Neuromethods

Volumn 42, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-36

  Smolinsky, Amanda N ^a   Bergner, Carisa L ^a   LaPorte, Justin L ^a   Kalueff, Allan V ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal experimental and genetic models; Anxiety; Behavioral organization (sequencing); Depression; Grooming behavior; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Stress

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; GROOMING; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349789086     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-303-9_2     Document Type: Review

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