Prenatal inflammation-induced hypoferremia alters dopamine function in the adult offspring in rat: Relevance for schizophrenia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Aguilar Valles, Argel ^a   Flores, Cecilia ^a   Luheshi, Giamal N ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; TURPENTINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; HYPOFERREMIA; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON METABOLISM DISORDER; IRON THERAPY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROGENY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE LEVEL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TURPENTINE;

EID: 77956210939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010967     Document Type: Article

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