Article
Electrophysiological endophenotypes in rodent models of schizophrenia and psychosis.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jun 2015
Rosen Andrew M, Spellman Timothy, Gordon Joshua A
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is caused by a diverse array of risk factors and results in a similarly diverse set of symptoms. Electrophysiological endophenotypes lie between risks and symptoms and have the potential to link the two. Electrophysiological studies in rodent models, described here, demonstrate that widely differing risk factors result in a similar set of core electrophysiological endophenotypes, suggesting the...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endophenotypes
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Neural Inhibition
- Psychotic Disorders
- Rats
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenic Psychology