INTERNAL MEDICINE

Studying Schizophrenia in a Dish: Use of Primary Neuronal Cultures to Study the Long-Term Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonists on Parvalbumin-Positive Fast-Spiking Interneurons

Jul 10, 2016 by in INTERNAL MEDICINE Comments Off on Studying Schizophrenia in a Dish: Use of Primary Neuronal Cultures to Study the Long-Term Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonists on Parvalbumin-Positive Fast-Spiking Interneurons

Fig. 6.1. Development of PV-synaptic contacts in primary neurons cultured from cortical tissue. Cultured cortical neurons were immunostained for simultaneous detection of αCaMKII (left panel: glutamatergic neuron) and parvalbumin (right…

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DISC1 Mouse Models

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Model Approach Function Construct Expression pattern Gross anatomy Cellular abnormalities Behavior Significance Kamiya In utero E14.5 KD function of endogenous Disc1 Disc1 RNAi or express C-terminally truncated DISC1 Pyramidal cortical…

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Genetically Engineered Mice for Schizophrenia Research

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  Systemic NMDAR antagonist administration Global NMDAR genetic manipulation Cell type-specific/brain region-restricted genetic manipulation of NMDAR Molecular specificity Variable (low PCP, high MK-801) High High Cellular/regional specificity No No Yes…

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