The present communication brieΒ―y reviews four rat models, two environmental and two genetic, which have engendered depressive-like behavior following exposure to stressors. Learned helplessness is a model in which a depressive-like behavioral state is induced by exposure of the rat to a series of in
Environmental neurotoxin-induced progressive model of parkinsonism in rats
β Scribed by Wei-Bin Shen; Kimberly A. McDowell; Aubrey A. Siebert; Sarah M. Clark; Natalie V. Dugger; Kimberly M. Valentino; H. A. Jinnah; Carole Sztalryd; Paul S. Fishman; Christopher A. Shaw; M. Samir Jafri; Paul J. Yarowsky
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 496 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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