Sex-dependent behavioral effects and morphological changes in the hippocampus after prenatal invasive interventions in rats: Implications for animal models of schizophrenia

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-220

  von Wilmsdorff, Martina ^a   Sprick, Ulrich ^b   Bouvier, Marie Luise ^a   Schulz, Daniela ^c   Schmitt, Andrea ^d   Gaebel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b LWL Klinik Dortmund   (Germany)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CA3 region; Neurodevelopment; Psychiatric disease; Social contact; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955746322     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000200014     Document Type: Article

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