Article
In-vivo rodent models for the experimental investigation of prenatal immune activation effects in neurodevelopmental brain disorders.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Jul 2009
Meyer Urs, Feldon Joram, Fatemi S Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Based on the epidemiological association between maternal infection during pregnancy and enhanced risk of neurodevelopmental brain disorders in the offspring, a number of in-vivo models have been established in rats and mice in order to study this link on an experimental basis. These models provide indispensable experimental tools to test the hypothesis of causality in human epidemiological associations, and to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
