Learned helplessness in the rat: improvements in validity and reliability

2001/08/01 by Barbara Vollmayr, Fritz A. Henn · 193 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Animal model #Animal models of depression #Antidepressant #Anxiety #Clinical psychology #Computational Drug Discovery Methods #Depression (economics) #Developmental psychology #Internal medicine #Learned helplessness #Medicine #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Psychiatry #Psychology #Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling #Shock (circulatory)

paper · doi:10.1016/s1385-299x(01)00067-8

published in Brain Research Protocols 8(1), 1-7 (Elsevier BV)

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