Are NCAM deficient mice an animal model for schizophrenia?

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages

  Albrecht, Anne ^a   Stork, Oliver ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Latent inhibition; NCAM; Nest building; Schizophrenia; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AGGRESSION; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEAR; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NESTING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 84864390287     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00043     Document Type: Article

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