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Hippocampal and thalamic neuronal metabolism in a putative rat model of schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: The transcription factor early growth response protein 3 (EGR3) is involved in schizophrenia. We developed a putative rat model of schizophrenia by transfecting lentiviral particles carrying the Egr3 gene into bilateral hippocampal dentate gyrus. We assessed spatial working memory using the Morris water maze test, and neuronal metabolite levels in bilateral hippocampus and thalamus were determined by 3.0 T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Choline content was significantly greater in the hippocampus after transfection, while N-acetylaspartate and the ratio of N-acetylaspartate to creatine/phosphocreatine in the thalamus were lower than in controls. This study is the first to report evaluation of brain metabolites using 3.0 T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in rats transfected with Egr3, and reveals metabolic abnormalities in the hippocampus and thalamus in this putative model of schizophrenia.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC4146111 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

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Hippocampal and thalamic neuronal metabolism in a putative rat model of schizophrenia.

Ma Guolin G Song Tianbin T Chen Min M Fu Yuan Y Xu Yong Y Ma Ensen E Wang Wu W Du Jiang J Huang Mingxiong M

Neural regeneration research 20130901 26

The transcription factor early growth response protein 3 (EGR3) is involved in schizophrenia. We developed a putative rat model of schizophrenia by transfecting lentiviral particles carrying the Egr3 gene into bilateral hippocampal dentate gyrus. We assessed spatial working memory using the Morris water maze test, and neuronal metabolite levels in bilateral hippocampus and thalamus were determined by 3.0 T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Choline content was significantly greater in the h ...[more]

PMID: 25206551

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