I want to carry out a project on a plant that has CNS stimulating and hallucinogenic properties on rats. I would be happy to know the best neurobehavioural techniques suitable for the study.
1. McDannald MA, Whitt JP, Calhoon GG, Piantadosi PT, Karlsson RM, O'Donnell P, et al. Impaired reality testing in an animal model of schizophrenia. Biological psychiatry. 2011;70(12):1122-6.
2. O'Tuathaigh CM, Moran PM, Waddington JL. Genetic models of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders: progress and pitfalls across the methodological "minefield". Cell and tissue research. 2013;354(1):247-57.
3. Tseng KY, Chambers RA, Lipska BK. The neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion as a heuristic neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. Behavioural brain research. 2009;204(2):295-305.
1. McDannald MA, Whitt JP, Calhoon GG, Piantadosi PT, Karlsson RM, O'Donnell P, et al. Impaired reality testing in an animal model of schizophrenia. Biological psychiatry. 2011;70(12):1122-6.
2. O'Tuathaigh CM, Moran PM, Waddington JL. Genetic models of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders: progress and pitfalls across the methodological "minefield". Cell and tissue research. 2013;354(1):247-57.
3. Tseng KY, Chambers RA, Lipska BK. The neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion as a heuristic neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. Behavioural brain research. 2009;204(2):295-305.
Auditory hallucinations as defined in DSM and elsewhere comprise noises, music and voices. In other words, tinnitus is a simple auditory hallucination. There are many animal models for assessing tinnitus.