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Combined effect of neonatal immune activation and mutant DISC1 on phenotypic changes in adulthood.
Behavioural brain research - 5 Jan 2010
Ibi Daisuke, Nagai Taku, Koike Hiroyuki, Kitahara Yuko, Mizoguchi Hiroyuki, Niwa Minae, Jaaro-Peled Hanna, Nitta Atsumi, Yoneda Yukio, Nabeshima Toshitaka, Sawa Akira, Yamada Kiyofumi
Abstract excerpt
Gene-environment interaction may play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia. Transgenic mice expressing dominant-negative DISC1 (DN-DISC1 mice) show some histological and behavioral endophenotypes relevant to schizophrenia. Viral infection during neurodevelopment provides a major environmental risk for schizophrenia. Neonatal injection of polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid (polyI:C), which mimics innate...
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