Investigating the effect of prenatal immune activation, a risk factor for Schizophrenia, on hippocampal n-methyl-d- aspartate receptor function in a rodent model

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction has been hypothesized as a pathological change accounting for many of the symptoms of schizophrenia, including cognitive deficits. Although the etiology of schizophrenia is still not known, prenatal infection has been identified as an early-life env...

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Main Author: Burt, Melissa
Other Authors: Patricia J Boksa (Supervisor1)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2013
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119491