Animal models of anxiety are being used to investigate the biological mechanisms underlying anxiety-related behaviors. The anxiety component of the learned helplessness model of depression was characterized using in vivo binding of 3H-Ro15- 1788 and in assays of chloride flux in brain regions from rats experiencing escapable versus inescapable stressors.

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Intramural Research (Z01)
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1Z01MH002178-06
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3944708
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6
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1987
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U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
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