Effects of a mediodorsal thalamus lesion on prefrontal inhibitory circuitry: Implications for schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-389

  Volk, David W ^a   Lewis, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate decarboxylase; Ibotenic acid; In situ hybridization; Prefrontal cortex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IBOTENIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037374380     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01547-0     Document Type: Article

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