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Behavioral Science
Measuring Anxiety in Rodent Models
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Anxiety testing in rodent models helps researchers study fear-related behavior. Anxiety is often seen as restlessness and as unpleasant feelings linked to expected events. Because rodents respond to fear in measurable ways, scientists use them to better understand anxiety disorders in humans.
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Anxiety is one of the most commonly observed behavioral disorders, and therefore researchers are particularly interested in learning more about it.
One way scientists can accomplish this is by testing for anxiety in rodents using a variety of experimental setups, which can help them tease apart the neuroanatomical...
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