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SUBMITTER: Fatemi SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2716397 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fatemi S Hossein SH Folsom Timothy D TD Reutiman Teri J TJ Huang Hao H Oishi Kenichi K Mori Susumu S
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology 20090605 9
The hippocampus governs memory formation and emotional regulation, and there is widespread evidence of hippocampal dysfunction in psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and autism. There is abundant evidence that prenatal viral infection may play a role in the development of these two disorders. In the current study, we have examined gene expression and structural changes of the hippocampi of exposed neonates following maternal infection at embryonic day (E) 16 (middle second trimester). ...[more]