European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 648-653 , September 2009

Prenatal viral infection of mice at E16 causes changes in gene expression in hippocampi of the offspring

  • S. Hossein Fatemi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota, Medical School, MMC 392, 420 Delaware St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Tel.: +1 612 626 3633; fax: +1 612 624 8935.
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  • Timothy D. Folsom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
    • ,
  • Teri J. Reutiman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
    • ,
  • Hao Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of NMR, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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  • Kenichi Oishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of NMR, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
    • ,
  • Susumu Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of NMR, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

Received 21 January 2009 ,Revised 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.03.004

European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 648-653 , September 2009

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