Social fear conditioning: A novel and specific animal model to study social anxiety disorder

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1433-1443

  Toth, Iulia ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a   Slattery, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

antidepressants; benzodiazepines; novelty; object investigation; sedation; social investigation

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PAROXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PAROXETINE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859744906     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.329     Document Type: Article

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