Immune activation during mid-gestation disrupts sensorimotor gating in rat offspring

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-159

  Wolff, Amy R ^a   Bilkey, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal model; Immune; Poly I:C; Prepulse inhibition; Rats; Schizophrenia; Validity

Indexed keywords

POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 41949121162     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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