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Genetic models of schizophrenia /

Genetic models of schizophrenia / edited by Akira Sawa. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2009. - x, 130 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - Progress in brain research, v. 179 0079-6123 ; . - Progress in brain research ; v. 179. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic animal models for schizophrenia: advantages and limitations of genetic manipulation in drosophila, zebrafish, rodents, and primates -- Novel techniques to generate genetic models -- Animal models for schizophrenia via in utero gene transfer: understanding roles for genetic susceptibility factors in brain development -- Gene manipulation with of stereotaxic viral infection for psychiatric research: spatiotemporal components for schizophrenia -- ENU-induced mutant mice for a next-generation gene-targeting system -- Inducible and conditional transgenic mouse models of schizophrenia -- Representative models -- NR1 knockdown mice as a representative model of the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia -- Modeling excess striatal D2 receptors in mice -- Differential function of phosphodieterase families in the brain: gaining insights through the use of genetically modified animals -- Gene models of schizophrenia: DISC1 mouse models -- Sandy (sdy) mouse: a dysbindin-1 mutant relevant to schizophrenia research -- Other than rodents -- Zebrafish: a model system to examine the neurodevelopmental basis of schizophrenia -- Modeling schizophrenia in flies -- Primate models of schizophrenia: future possibilities.

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Schizophrenia--Genetic aspects.
Schizophrenia--genetics.
Disease Models, Animal.
Models, Genetic.

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