Animal model for PTSD: From clinical concept to translational research

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 715-724

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Kozlovsky, Nitsan ^a   Alona, Cramer ^a   Matar, Michael A ^a   Joseph, Zohar ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Benzodiazepine; Corticosterone; Cut off behavioral criteria (CBC); Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Propranolol; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CORTICOSTERONE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; SERTRALINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; INBRED STRAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84855922036     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.04.023     Document Type: Review

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