An updated animal model capturing both the cognitive and emotional features of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Berardi, Andrea ^a   Trezza, Viviana ^b   Palmery, Maura ^a   Trabace, Luigia ^c   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^a   Campolongo, Patrizia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal models of PTSD; Footshock; Memory; Predator odor; Rats; Social behavior; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION TEST; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84899753035     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00142     Document Type: Article

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