Pallidal hyperdopaminergic innervation underlying D2 receptor-dependent behavioral deficits in the schizophrenia animal model established by EGF.

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is one of the ErbB receptor ligands implicated in schizophrenia neuropathology as well as in dopaminergic development. Based on the immune inflammatory hypothesis for schizophrenia, neonatal rats are exposed to this cytokine and later develop neurobehavioral abnormality...

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Main Authors: Hidekazu Sotoyama, Yingjun Zheng, Yuriko Iwakura, Makoto Mizuno, Miho Aizawa, Ksenia Shcherbakova, Ran Wang, Hisaaki Namba, Hiroyuki Nawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192134?pdf=render