Activation of the maternal immune system alters cerebellar development in the offspring

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-123

  Shi, Limin ^a   Smith, Stephen E P ^a   Malkova, Natalia ^a   Tse, Doris ^a   Su, Yixuan ^a   Patterson, Paul H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cerebellum; Influenza; Poly(I:C); Purkinje cell; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PURKINJE CELL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERFERON INDUCERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PURKINJE CELLS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 56949092229     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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