Principles for developing animal models of military PTSD

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Daskalakis, Nikolaos P ^a,b   Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Biomarkers; Combat; Military; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975162408     PISSN: 20008198     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.23825     Document Type: Article

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