Social behaviour in rats developmentally deficient in Vitamin D: Modelling the negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/511066

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We are exploring low maternal vitamin D as a biological explanation for a 7-10% increase in the incidence of patients born with schizophrenia in the colder months of the year world wide. Developmental vitamin D (DVD) deficiency in rats leads to long term changes in brain development and behaviour. The aim of this research is to examine social behaviour in DVD deficient rats as a model of negative symptoms of schizophrenia and establish the neurochemical basis for this altered behaviour

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $360,927.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychiatry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Animal Model | Behaviour | Brain development | Developmental Manipulation | Negative symptoms | Neurochemistry | Schizophrenia | Vitamin D | Vitamin D deficiency

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