Enhanced fear expression in a psychopathological mouse model of trait anxiety: Pharmacological interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sartori, Simone B ^a   Hauschild, Markus ^a   Bunck, Mirjam ^b   Gaburro, Stefano ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^b   Singewald, Nicolas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

7 TERT BUTYL 3 (2,5 DIFLUOROPHENYL) 6 (2 METHYL 2H 1,2,4 TRIAZOL 3 YLMETHOXY) 1,2,4 TRIAZOLO[4,3 B]PYRIDAZINE; [2 CYCLOPROPOXY 5 [5 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)TETRAZOL 1 YL]BENZYL] (2 PHENYLPIPERIDIN 3 YL)AMINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; L 822429; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROBENZENE; L 838,417; N ((2 CYCLOPROPOXY 5 (5 TRIFLUOMETHYL)TETRAZOL 1 YL)BENZYL) 2 PHENYLPIPERIDIN 3 AMINE; N-((2-CYCLOPROPOXY-5-(5-TRIFLUOMETHYL)TETRAZOL-1-YL)BENZYL)-2-PHENYLPIPERIDIN-3-AMINE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; JUMPING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SHORT TERM MEMORY; ANIMAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SCREENING; EMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UPREGULATION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEAR; FLUOROBENZENES; MALE; MICE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PIPERIDINES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; TRIAZOLES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79952204043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016849     Document Type: Article

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