Towards a better preclinical model of PTSD: Characterizing animals with weak extinction, maladaptive stress responses and low plasma corticosterone

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-165

  Reznikov, Roman ^a,b   Diwan, Mustansir ^a   Nobrega, José N ^a   Hamani, Clement ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioning; Extinction; Fear; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stress; Stress vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84921613499     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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