Enhanced hippocampal neuronal excitability and LTP persistence associated with reduced behavioral flexibility in the maternal immune activation model of schizophrenia

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1395-1409

  Savanthrapadian, Shakuntala ^a   Wolff, Amy R ^a   Logan, Barbara J ^a   Eckert, Michael J ^a   Bilkey, David K ^a   Abraham, Wickliffe C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Dentate gyrus; Spatial memory; Synaptic inhibition; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; DENTATE GYRUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84888136844     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22193     Document Type: Article

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