[Behavioral assessment of the "schizophrenia-like" phenotype in an animal model of neonatal lesion in the ventral hippocampus (NLVH) of young and adult rats].

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Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects one in 100 people worldwide, and is characterized by distorted thoughts and perceptions. Several animal models have been developed, based primarily on the study of the mechanism of action of antipsychotics. In this paper we present a number of classic behavioral tests (memory, social interaction, and pre-pulse inhibition) associated with schizophrenia in...

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