Sex-specific alterations in behavioral and cognitive functions in a "three hit" animal model of schizophrenia

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 284, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-93

  Kekesi, G ^a   Petrovszki, Z ^b   Benedek, G ^a   Horvath, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hole board test; Rat; Reference memory; Schizophrenia; Sex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREEDING METHOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLE BOARD TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE STRAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SENSORY GATING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPATIAL LEARNING; STARTLE REFLEX; TAIL FLICK TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX, STARTLE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84923253078     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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