Genetic models of schizophrenia
By: edited by Akira Sawa
Series: Progress in brain research, 179
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Boston, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780444534309
Subjects: Animal Disease Models; Schizophrenia; Genetics; Genetic aspects; Genetic Models
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genetic animal models for schizophrenia: advantages and limitations of genetic manipulation in drosophila, zebrafish, rodents, and primates; title: Novel techniques to generate genetic models; title: Animal models for schizophrenia via in utero gene transfer: understanding roles for genetic susceptibility factors in brain development; title: Gene manipulation with of stereotaxic viral infection for psychiatric research: spatiotemporal components for schizophrenia; title: ENU-induced mutant mice for a next-generation gene-targeting system; title: Inducible and conditional transgenic mouse models of schizophrenia; title: Representative models; title: NR1 knockdown mice as a representative model of the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia; title: Modeling excess striatal D2 receptors in mice; title: Differential function of phosphodieterase families in the brain: gaining insights through the use of genetically modified animals; title: Gene models of schizophrenia: DISC1 mouse models; title: Sandy (sdy) mouse: a dysbindin-1 mutant relevant to schizophrenia research; title: Other than rodents; title: Zebrafish: a model system to examine the neurodevelopmental basis of schizophrenia; title: Modeling schizophrenia in flies; title: Primate models of schizophrenia: future possibilities.