Altered spatial learning, cortical plasticity and hippocampal anatomy in a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia-related endophenotypes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2773-2781

  Brown, P Leon ^a   Shepard, Paul D ^a   Elmer, Greg I ^a   Stockman, Sara ^a   Mcfarland, Rebecca ^a   Mayo, Cheryl L ^a   Cadet, Jean Lud ^b   Krasnova, Irina N ^b   Greenwald, Martin ^a   Schoonover, Carrie ^a   Vogel, Michael W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cytosine arabinoside; Long term potentiation; Methylazoxymethanol; Rat; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; CYTARABINE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CYTARABINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; ENDOPHENOTYPES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84866399788     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08204.x     Document Type: Article

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