Maternal immune activation disrupts dopamine system in the offspring

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Luchicchi, Antonio ^a,c   Lecca, Salvatore ^a,d   Melis, Miriam ^a   De Felice, Marta ^a   Cadeddu, Francesca ^a   Frau, Roberto ^a   Muntoni, Anna Lisa ^b   Fadda, Paola ^a   Devoto, Paola ^a   Pistis, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Microdialysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS SHELL; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GATING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARTLE REFLEX; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLY I-C; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SENSORY GATING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84977668735     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw007     Document Type: Article

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