Alterations in cognitive flexibility in a rat model of post-traumatic stress disorder

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 256-264

  George, Sophie A ^a,b   Rodriguez Santiago, Mariana ^a   Riley, John ^a   Abelson, James L ^a   Floresco, Stan B ^c   Liberzon, Israel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Executive function; PTSD; Reversal; Set shifting; Single prolonged stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INJURY; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT MODEL; RODENT MODEL; SINGLE PROLONGED STRESS; STRATEGY SET SHIFTING; STRESS; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSAL LEARNING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84925047923     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.02.051     Document Type: Article

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