Towards environmental construct validity in animal models of cns disorders: Optimizing translation of preclinical studies

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 587-592

  Burrows, Emma L ^a   Hannan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental construct validity; Environmental enrichment; Mouse models; Neurological diseases; Preclinical animal models; Psychiatric disorders; Rat models

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 84882768206     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527311312050007     Document Type: Article

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