Animal Models of Anxiety and the Screening and Development of Novel Anxiolytic Drugs

Anxiety is a term used to describe both a normal emotional state associated with stressful or psychologically difficult events and a pathological condition. When anxiety is chronic and is not clearly linked to well-defined events, it is generally considered abnormal and appropriate for psychological or psychiatric intervention. Although many forms of treatment have been applied, anxiety is currently most frequently treated with anxiolytic drugs.