Effects of prenatal infection on prepulse inhibition in the rat depend on the nature of the infectious agent and the stage of pregnancy

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Fortier, Marie Eve ^a   Luheshi, Giamal N ^a   Boksa, Patricia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Maternal infection; Neurodevelopment; Poly I:C; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Startle; Turpentine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; TURPENTINE;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; TURPENTINE;

EID: 34250196472     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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