Behavioral and Neurobiological Evidence of Epigenetic Transmission in the Neonatal Quinpirole Rodent Model of Schizophrenia

Quinpirole is a dopamine D2 receptor agonist that if administered to rats from postnatal day (P)1-21 results in increased dopamine D2 receptor sensitivity throughout the animal’s lifetime. This increase in receptor sensitivity is consistent with schizophrenia. This model has additional consistencies...

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Main Author: Gill, Wesley
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2020
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3719
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5197&context=etd