Genetic models of schizophrenia / edited by Akira Sawa.

Other author Sawa, Akira.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier,
Descriptionx, 130 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Book Series Package - Life Sciences [BSLFSC]
Subjects

SeriesProgress in brain research, 0079-6123 ; v. 179
Progress in brain research v. 179. 0079-6123 ^A75148
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2011292535
ISBN9780444534309 (hbk.)
ISBN044453430X (hbk.)