Sharing stressful experiences attenuates anxiety-related cognitive and sleep impairments

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Macone, Brian W ^a   O'Malley, Matthew ^a   Datta, Subimal ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Learning; Rat; Shock induced aggression; Sleep; Social buffering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79955946291     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.065     Document Type: Article

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