Critical neuropsychobiological analysis of panic attack- and anticipatory anxiety-like behaviors in rodents confronted with snakes in polygonal arenas and complex labyrinths: a comparison to the elevated plus- and T-maze behavioral tests

Objective: To compare prey and snake paradigms performed in complex environments to the elevated plus-maze (EPM) and T-maze (ETM) tests for the study of panic attack- and anticipatory anxiety-like behaviors in rodents. Methods: PubMed was reviewed in search of articles focusing on the plus maze tes...

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Main Authors: Norberto C. Coimbra, Tatiana Paschoalin-Maurin, Gabriel S. Bassi, Alexandre Kanashiro, Audrey F. Biagioni, Tatiana T. Felippotti, Daoud H. Elias-Filho, Joyce Mendes-Gomes, Jade P. Cysne-Coimbra, Rafael C. Almada, Bruno Lobão-Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017005003101&lng=en&tlng=en