Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Animal Models

Stress - From Molecules to Behavior: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Neurobiology of Stress Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 261-282

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Kozlovsky, Nitzan ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^b   Zohar, Joseph ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety; Extinction; HPA axis; Neural plasticity; Post traumatic stress disorder; Potential traumatic event; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891310784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628346.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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