Improving anxiety research: novel approach to reveal trait anxiety through summary measures of multiple states
Zoltán Kristóf Varga, Diána Pejtsik, Máté Tóth, Zoltán Balogh, Manó Aliczki, László Szente, Gyula Y. Balla, Levente Kontra, Zsófia Eckert, Huba Szebik, Zsolt Borhegyi, Éva Mikics
This paper introduces a validated test battery to measure trait anxiety in rodents by combining multiple behavioral tests and using summary measures to improve predictive validity and molecular correlate identification.
bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience