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Article: Study data from Fourth Military Medical University update understanding of post traumatic stress disorder animal studies.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 17, 2008
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Research findings, 'A modified single-prolonged stress model for post-traumatic stress disorder,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from People's Republic of China, "In the rat, single-prolonged stress (SPS) model produces a core symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the enhanced fear response to the traumatic cue (conditioned fear response). This investigative tool is typically used for PTSD studies."
"However, whether SPS can produce another core symptom of PTSD, hyperarousal (the sensitized fear response in animal models), has not been evaluated. It is also not clear whether SPS can enhance both conditioned and sensitized fear ...