Prenatal immune challenge induces developmental changes in the morphology of pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in rats

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-109

  Baharnoori, Moogeh ^a   Brake, Wayne G ^b   Srivastava, Lalit K ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrite arbor and spine density; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal infection; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 58149183799     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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