Recommended Reading

• Teaching neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and experimental design using animal models of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Morksink, M.C. et al. Advan Physiol Educ 2009; 33: 46-52. - PDF

• CREB regulation of nucleus accumbens excitability mediates social isolation–induced behavioral deficits. Wallace, D.L. et al. Nature Neuroscience 2009; 12 (2): 200-209. - PDF

• The 5-Choice Continuous Performance Test: Evidence for a Translational Test of Vigilance for Mice. Young, J.W. et al. PLoS One 2009; 4 (1): e4227 - PDF

• Reduced Expression of the NMDA Receptor-Interacting Protein SynGAP Causes Behavioral Abnormalities that Model Symptoms of Schizophrenia. Guo, X. et al. Neuropsychopharmacology 2009; 1-14. - PDF

• Phenotype of spontaneous orofacial dyskinesia in neuregulin-1 ‘knockout’ mice. Tomiyama, K. et al. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 2008. - PDF

• A trans-dimensional approach to the behavioral aspects of depression. Bessa, J.M. et al. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 2009; 3 (1): 1-7. - PDF

• A trans-dimensional approach to the behavioral aspects of depression. Gradier, A.M. Behavioural Pharmacology 2009, 20 (1):18–32. - PDF

• Neural basis of psychosisrelated behaviour in the infection model of schizophrenia. Meyer, U. and Feldon, J. Behavioral Brain Research 2009. - PDF

• Gene and protein expression profiling of the fat-1 mouse brain. Menesi, D. et al. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acid, in press. - PDF

• Exercise Improves Cognitive Responses to Psychological Stress through Enhancement of Epigenetic Mechanisms and Gene Expression in the Dentate Gyrus. Collins, A. et al. PLoS One 2009, 4 (1): e4330. - PDF

• Metabolic Consequences and Vulnerability to Diet- Induced Obesity in Male Mice under Chronic Social Stress. Bartolomucci, A. et al. PLoS One 2009, 4 (1): e4331. - PDF

• Stress and Depression: Preclinical Research and Clinical Implications. Bartolomucci, A. et al. PLoS One 2009, 4 (1): e4265. - PDF

• Chronic Mild Stress (CMS) in Mice: Of Anhedonia, 'Anomalous Anxiolysis' and Activity. Schweizer, M.C. et al. PLoS One 2009, 4 (1): e4326. - PDF

• Molecular Implications of Repeated Aggression:Th, Dat1, Snca and Bdnf Gene Expression in the VTA of Victorious Male Mice. Bondar, N.P. et al. PLoS One 2009, 4 (1): e4190. - PDF

• Rhythmicity in Mice Selected for Extremes in Stress Reactivity: Behavioral, Endocrine and Sleep Changes Resembling Endophenotypes of Major Depression. Touma, C. et al. PLoS One 2009, 4 (1): e4325. - PDF

• Differences in Acute Alcohol-Induced Behavioral Responses Among Zebrafish Populations. Gerali, R. et al., Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2008, 32 (10): 1763 - 1773. - PDF

• Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation. Rankin, C. H., T. Abrams, et al. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2008. - PDF

• Removing obstacles in neuroscience drug discovery: the future path for animal models. Markou, A., C. Chiamulera, et al. Neuropsychopharmacology 2009, 34(1): 74-89. - PDF

• Preparing for a semiannual IACUC inspection of a satellite zebrafish (Danio rerio) facility. Koerber, A. S. and J. Kalishman. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci 2009, 48(1): 65-75. - PDF

• Vitamin D and aging. Tuohimma, P. J Steroid Biochem & Molecular Bio 2009, 114: 78-84. - PDF

• Environmental standardization: cure or cause of poor reproducibility in animal experiments? Richter, S.H., Garner, J.P., Wurbel, H. Nature Methods 2009, 6 (4): 257 - 261. - PDF

• Monoamine transporter as a target molecule for psychostimulatnts. Sora, I., Li, B., Fumushima, S., Fukui, A., Arime, Y., Kasahara, Y., Tomita, H., Ikeda, K. International Review of Neurobiology 2009,83: 29 - 33. - PDF

• Streams and patterns in behavior as challenges for future technologies. Fentress, JC. Behavioral Research Methods 2009, 41 (3): 765 - 771. - PDF
  

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