Animal models of post-traumatic stress disorder

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL.64, 2013, Pages

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Matar, Michael A ^a   Joseph, Zohar ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Animal model; Anxiety; Cut off behavioral criteria; Elevated plus maze; Freezing; Post traumatic stress disorder; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR SCENT STRESS PARADIGM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISEASE MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; RATS; REFLEX, STARTLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84896335483     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0945s64     Document Type: Article

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