Do prenatal immune activation and maternal iron deficiency interact to affect neurodevelopment and early behavior in rat offspring?

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 144-154

  Harvey, Louise ^a   Boksa, Patricia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maternal immune activation; Maternal iron deficiency; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal infection; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; IMMUNIZATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON RESTRICTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; ETIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND STRENGTH; IMMUNOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; REFLEX, STARTLE;

EID: 84904120431     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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