Hypoactivity of the central dopaminergic system and autistic-like behavior induced by a single early prenatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1903-1912

  Kirsten, Thiago B ^a   Chaves Kirsten, Gabriela P ^a   Chaible, Lucas M ^a   Silva, Ana C ^a   Martins, Daniel O ^a   Britto, Luiz R G ^a   Dagli, Maria L Z ^a   Torrão, Andrea S ^a   Palermo Neto, João ^a   Bernardi, Maria M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal model; Autism like effects; Dopamine; Gestation; Infection

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLITE; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROGLIA; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84864860691     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23089     Document Type: Article

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