Abstract

POLANCO, Lady Andrea; VARGAS, Cristina  and  GONGORA, Irwin Manuel Eduardo. ANIMAL MODELS: A REVIEW FROM THREE TESTS USED IN ANXIETY. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.2, pp.99-110. ISSN 0121-4381.

The aim of this paper is to present a review of commonly used animal models to study anxiety, looking to make a presentation of three instruments used in the laboratory. It describes the importance of using animal models for understanding human behavior; there are two groups of animal models and the most representative tests for each of these.

Keywords : animal model; anxiety; conditioned response and unconditioned response.

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