Translating dynamic defense patterns from rodents to people

• Published in: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Vol. 76; no. Pt A; pp. 22 - 28
• Main Author: Blanchard, D. Caroline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Aggression; Animal to human translation; Animals; Anxiety; Defense Mechanisms; Defensive attack; Defensive behavior; Facial Expression; Fear; Flight; Freezing; Humans; Risk assessment; Rodentia; Rumination; Threat ambiguity; Threat scenario; Translational Medical Research; Fear; Threat ambiguity; Defensive behavior; Flight; Risk assessment; Animal to human translation; Anxiety; Rumination; Threat scenario; Defensive attack; Freezing; Facial expression

•Particular rodent defenses depend on characteristics of threat stimuli and situations.•Responses to physical threat scenarios confirm these relationships in people.•Innovative human defense measures: computer games, stabilimeters and eye gaze tracking.•Provide evidence confirming basic patterns of...