Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1 - Studying Behavior in Stress Research - Not as Easy as One Would Think; pp. 1-22
(Roza Czabak-Garbacz, Department of Human Physiology of Medical University Lublin, Poland)
Chapter 2 - Development and Validation of Alternative Animal Models
of Anxiety and Depression Using Domestic Fowl; pp. 23-54
(Matthew W. Feltenstein, Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA, Kenneth J. Sufka, Research Inst. for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Mississippi, USA)
Chapter 3 - Animal Models of Anxiety: Examining Their Validity, Utility and Ethical Characteristics; pp. 55-71
(Jason E. Warnick, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Arkansas Tech University, USA and Kenneth J. Sufka)
Chapter 4 - The Open-field Model of Emotional Reactivity and Progress in the Molecular Genetics of Fear; pp. 73-96
(Saffron A.G. Willis-Owen, MA, D.Phil Imperial College, London,UK)
Chapter 5 - Mouse Lines Selected for Difference in Sensitivity to ß-CCM Also Differ in Spatial Memory, Corticosterone Activation and Fear Reactivity; pp. 97-109
(Daniel Beracochea, CNIC, Lab. de Neurosciences Intégratives et Cognitives, Universités de Bordeaux, Bâtiment Biologie Animale, France, Patrice Venault, CNRS UMR 7593 "Vulnérabilité, Adaptation et sychopathologie", CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, France, Christophe Pierard, MASSA, Physiologie Intégrée, France and Georges Chapouthier, CNRS UMR 7593 "Vulnérabilité, Adaptation et sychopathologie", CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, France)
Chapter 6 - Optimization of the Chronic Depression Model in C57 BL/6 Mice: Evidences For Improved Validity; pp. 111-157
(Tatyana Strekalova, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Chapter 7 - Domain-oriented Analysis for Understanding Molecular Interactions and Translating Animal Genetic Models into Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Focus on Serotonin Transporter and BDNF; pp. 159-183
(Allan V. Kalueff, Renee F. Ren-Patterson, Justin L. LaPorte and Dennis L. Murphy, Lab. of Clinical Science, National Inst.of Mental Health, USA)
Chapter 8 - Impaired Function of Phosphodiesterase 4B in Mutated Disc1 Mice Leads to Development of Pronounced Depression-like Behavior With Mild Expression of Schizophrenia-like Phenotype;
pp. 185-209
(Tatiana V. Lipina, Steven J. Clapcote, Kirsty Millar and David J. Porteous, Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh Centre for Molecular Medicine, UK, et al.)
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