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Assessment of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit hypofunction in mice as a model for schizophrenia.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Oct 2009
Halene T B, Ehrlichman R S, Liang Y, Christian E P, Jonak G J, Gur T L, Blendy J A, Dow H C, Brodkin E S, Schneider F, Gur R C, Siegel S J
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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play a pivotal role in excitatory neurotransmission, synaptic plasticity and brain development. Clinical and experimental evidence suggests a dysregulation of NMDAR function and glutamatergic pathways in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. We evaluated electrophysiological and behavioral properties of NMDAR deficiency utilizing mice that express only 5-10% of the normal...
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