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Strain differences in the gating-disruptive effects of apomorphine: relationship to gene expression in nucleus accumbens signaling pathways.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Apr 2008
Shilling Paul D, Saint Marie Richard L, Shoemaker Jody M, Swerdlow Neal R
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BACKGROUND: Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle is a measure of sensorimotor gating that is deficient in certain psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. Sprague Dawley (SD) rats are more sensitive to PPI-disruptive effects of apomorphine (APO) at long interstimulus intervals (ISIs) (60-120 msec) and less sensitive to PPI-enhancing effects of APO at short ISIs (10-30 msec) compared with Long Evans (LE)...
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