Maternal immune activation alters glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 expression in the brains of adult rat offspring

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 195-199

  Cassella, Sarah N ^a,b,e   Hemmerle, Ann M ^a   Lundgren, Kerstin H ^a   Kyser, Tara L ^a,b   Ahlbrand, Rebecca ^a   Bronson, Stefanie L ^a,b,f   Richtand, Neil M ^a,b,c,d   Seroogy, Kim B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; GAD; Inflammation; MIA; MRNA; Poly I:C; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; INTERFERON INDUCING AGENT; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THALAMUS; AGE; ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERFERON INDUCERS; MALE; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84958118975     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.01.041     Document Type: Article

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