| Literature DB >> 28966969 |
Cortney A Turner1, Shelly B Flagel1,2, Peter Blandino1, Stanley J Watson1,2, Huda Akil1,2.
Abstract
Individual differences in temperament are associated with psychopathology in humans. Moreover, the relationship between temperament and anxiety-, depression-, PTSD- and addiction-related behaviors can be modeled in animals. This review will highlight these relationships with a focus on individual differences in the response to stressors, fear conditioning and drugs of abuse using animals that differ in their response to a novel environment. We will discuss behavioral and neurobiological commonalities amongst these behaviors with a focus on the hippocampus and, in particular, growth factors as promising novel targets for therapeutic intervention.Entities:
Keywords: PTSD; addiction; anxiety; depression
Year: 2017 PMID: 28966969 PMCID: PMC5616177 DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.02.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Behav Sci ISSN: 2352-1546