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Amy R Wolff1, Kirsten R Cheyne, David K Bilkey.
Abstract
Schizophrenia is associated with changes in memory and contextual processing. As maternal infection is a risk factor in schizophrenia we tested for these impairments in a maternal immune activation (MIA) animal model. MIA rats displayed impaired object recognition memory, despite intact object discrimination, and a reduced reinstatement of rearing in response to a contextual manipulation. These results link MIA to contextual impairments in schizophrenia, possibly through changes in hippocampal function.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21816179 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.033
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Brain Res ISSN: 0166-4328 Impact factor: 3.332