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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Prenatal Infection"”.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRENATAL INFECTION AND ANTIBIOTIC EXPOSURE TO OFFSPRING INFECTION AND ASTHMA RISK
… from both animal and human research implicates prenatal infection in the development of long-lasting disruptions in immune function of offspring, including an increased risk of infection and allergic disorders, such as asthma. Infection, specifically during early life, also has been repeatedly …
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Prenatal PolyI:C induced schizophrenia-like cognitive inflexibilities in the male, but not female, rat adult offspring
… have shown strong correlations between prenatal infection and the increased risk to develop psychiatric disorders in the adult offspring. One study found that schizophrenic patients pre-exposed to a prenatal infection perseverated more during the WCST, than non-pre-exposed patients. …
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An Investigation of Short-Term Memory Functioning in a Neurodevelopmental Rat Model of Schizophrenia
… hypothesis states that inflammation due to prenatal infection is associated with schizophrenia. These increased proinflamatory cytokines can damage the brains of the fetuses, which can cause schizophrenic-like symptoms in rats. The present study used Lipopolysaccharides to activate the …
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The effects of maternal and postnatal infections with porcine reproductive and respiratory virus on muscle growth and development in piglets
Infection can reduce feed intake, limit weight gain, and decrease muscle growth by directing nutrients away from protein accretion and towards an inflammatory response; however, it is unclear how maternal infection affects offspring skeletal muscle development. Additionally, it is unclear how viral …
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Poruchy paměti a kognitivní koordinace u potkaních modelů neuropsychiatrických onemocnění
Paměť a prostorová navigace jsou pro člověka nesmírně důležité mozkové funkce a pro zvířata jsou často otázkou života a smrti. U lidí bývají poškozeny při různých neuropsychiatrických onemocněních. Pacienti trpící Alzheimerovou demencí (AD) mají narušenou pracovní i dlouhodobou paměť, navigaci v …