Article
Prepulse inhibition and genetic mouse models of schizophrenia.
Behavioural brain research - 7 Dec 2009
Powell Susan B, Zhou Xianjin, Geyer Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Mutant mouse models related to schizophrenia have been based primarily on the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, the known effects of antipsychotic drugs, and candidate genes for schizophrenia. Sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia patients, as indexed by measures of prepulse inhibition of startle (PPI), have been well characterized and suggested to meet the criteria as a useful endophenotype in human...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Disease Models, Animal
- Environment
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glutamic Acid
- Glycine
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nerve Net
- Phenotype
- Schizophrenia
