Abstract: Abstract Human epidemiological findings have been highly influential in shaping our current thinking on how to model schizophrenia-relevant etiological factors in animals. They have encouraged the establishment of neurodevelopmental animal models that are based on exposure to specific environmental insults during prenatal, neonatal, and adolescent periods of life, including immune activation, obstetric complications, nutritional deficiencies, and psychological stressors. An important refinement of these models is the incorporation of multiple e...
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Neuroscience
Developmental psychology
Psychiatry