Effects of psychotropic agents on extinction of lever-press avoidance in a rat model of anxiety vulnerability
Avoidance and its perseveration represent key features of anxiety disorders. Both pharmacological and behavioral approaches (i.e. anxiolytics and extinction therapy) have been utilized to modulate avoidance behavior in patients. However, the outcome has not always been desirable. Part of the reason...
Main Authors: | Xilu eJiao, Kevin D. Beck, Amanda L. Stewarts, Ian M. Smith, Catherine E. Myers, Richard J Servatius, Kevin C.H. Pang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00322/full |
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