Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Animal model"
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Behavioural, pharmacological and neurochemical studies of social isolation rearing in rats
(North-West University, 2007)Schizophrenia affects approximately 1% of the population. Despite marked improvement in drug treatment, 20% of patients remain treatment resistant while motor side effects hamper compliance and outcome. A better understanding ... -
Development and validation of a post-traumatic stress disorder model in zebrafish
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severely debilitating chronic mental disorder brought about by encountering an actual or perceived, life-threatening or traumatic experience or series of events, like violence or ... -
Nest building and marble burying: Dopaminergic phenotyping of the deer mouse model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD1) is a chronic, debilitating psychiatric condition that affects 3% of the global population and is characterized by obsessions, and compulsions. 40 – 60% of patients remain treatment-resistant ...