Water associated zero maze: A novel rat test for long term traumatic re-experiencing

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Ritov, Gilad ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; PTSD; Rat model; Traumatic re experiencing; WAZM

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RAT; SWIMMING; WATER ASSOCIATED ZERO MAZE;

EID: 84892953306     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00001     Document Type: Article

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