Animal models of obstetric complications in relation to schizophrenia

P Boksa - Brain Research Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies have provided strong evidence that exposure to obstetric
complications is associated with an increased risk for later development of schizophrenia …

Combined toxicity of prenatal bacterial endotoxin exposure and postnatal 6-hydroxydopamine in the adult rat midbrain

ZD Ling, Q Chang, JW Lipton, CW Tong, TM Landers… - Neuroscience, 2004 - Elsevier
We previously reported that injection of the Gram (−) bacteriotoxin, lipopolysaccharide
(LPS), into gravid females at embryonic day 10.5 led to the birth of animals with fewer than …

Vulnerability of the mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons of the human neonate to prolonged perinatal hypoxia: an immunohistochemical study of tyrosine …

MA Pagida, AE Konstantinidou… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Experimental studies indicate that hypoxia to the fetus, a common occurrence in many birth
complications in humans, results in long-term disturbances of the central dopaminergic (DA) …

Long‐term prenatal hypoxia alters maturation of brain catecholaminergic systems and motor behavior in rats

D Perrin, J Mamet, H Scarna, JC Roux, A Bérod… - Synapse, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In order to determine the influence of long‐term prenatal hypoxia on the maturation of the
brain catecholaminergic structures involved in motor and cognitive functions, pregnant rats …