Postnatal development of prefrontal inhibitory circuits and the pathophysiology of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2004, Pages 64-76

  Lewis, David A ^a,b   Cruz, Dianne ^a   Eggan, Stephen ^a   Erickson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC); GABA; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MARKER;

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MENTAL TASK; MONKEY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PUBERTY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 3042840354     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1308.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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