Toward animal models of post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Basic Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 133-149

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; animal models; corticotrophin releasing hormone; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865258820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-329-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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