
Pathophysiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 31(4), P. 709 - 760
Published: Dec. 6, 2024
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a multifaceted psychiatric disorder triggered by traumatic events, leading to prolonged psychological distress and varied symptoms. Rat models have been extensively used explore the biological, behavioral, neurochemical underpinnings of PTSD. This review critically examines strengths limitations commonly rat models, such as single stress (SPS), stress–re-stress (S-R), predator-based paradigms, in replicating human PTSD pathology. While these provide valuable insights into neuroendocrine responses, genetic predispositions, potential therapeutic targets, they face challenges capturing full complexity PTSD, particularly terms ethological relevance translational validity. We assess degree which mimic neurobiological behavioral aspects highlighting areas where succeed fall short. also discusses future directions refining improve their utility for research, aiming bridge gap between preclinical findings clinical applications.
Language: Английский