Logical fallacies in animal model research

Table 1 A summary of some available animal models of mental illnesses, where the animals themselves act as the model for the target group

Mental illness	Model	References
Anxiety	Serotonin receptor 1A knockout mice	[114]
Anxiety	Corticosterone treated mice	[115]
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	Spontaneously Hypertensive rat	[35]
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	Thyroid receptor β1 transgenic mice	[116]
Autism	Valproic Acid rat	[81]
Depression	Corticosterone treated rats and mice	[117]
Depression	Chronic Mild Stress rats and mice	[118]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	Quinpirole treated rats	[119]
Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome	Congenital learned helpless rat	[120]
Schizophrenia	Ventral hippocampus lesioned rats	[121]
	Methylazoxymethanol acetate treated rats	[122]
	Developmental vitamin D deficient rats	[123]

The animals are genetically modified, bred for a specific trait, or manipulated in some physiological fashion (e.g. a lesion or drug injection)

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