The effects of maternal infection on glutamate-related behavioural, electrophysiological and neuropathological measures relevant to schizophrenia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1026070

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There are two well known facts about schizophrenia: maternal infection increases the risk of a schizophrenia diagnosis in adulthood and certain drugs, such as PCP, that affect particular brain chemicals induce symptoms and brain changes in healthy individuals that are similar to schizophrenia. Here we bring these two facts together by attempting to develop a maternal infection model in rodents that mimics the brain changes seen in schizophrenia, thus opening up new options for treatment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $533,136.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

animal model | event-related potentials | glutamate receptors | maternal infection | schizophrenia

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