https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 The maternal immune activation model uncovers a role for the Arx gene in GABAergic dysfunction in schizophrenia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44959 Arx gene, critical to healthy neurodevelopment of PV interneurons, is reduced in the forebrain of MIA exposed mice. Finally, in a whole-genome sequenced patient cohort, we identified a novel missense mutation of ARX in a patient with schizophrenia and in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium 2 cohort, a nominal association of proximal ARX SNPs with the disorder. This suggests MIA, as a risk factor for schizophrenia, may be influencing Arx expression to induce the GABAergic dysfunction seen in schizophrenia and that the ARX gene may play a role in the prenatal origins of schizophrenia pathophysiology.]]> Tue 25 Oct 2022 12:28:24 AEDT ]]> Reduced cortical somatostatin gene expression in a rat model of maternal immune activation https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46136 Thu 29 Jun 2023 12:51:13 AEST ]]> Increased white matter neuron density in a rat model of maternal immune activation - implications for schizophrenia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26149 +) and somatostatin (SST+) IWMNs was determined in the white matter of the corpus callosum in two rostrocaudally adjacent areas in the 12week old offspring of GD10 (n=10) or GD19 polyI:C dams (n=18) compared to controls (n=20). NeuN+ IWMN density trended to be higher in offspring from dams exposed to polyI:C at GD19, but not GD10. A subpopulation of these NeuN+ IWMNs was shown to express SST. PolyI:C treatment of dams induced a significant increase in the density of SST+ IWMNs in the offspring when delivered at both gestational stages with more regionally widespread effects observed at GD19. A positive correlation was observed between NeuN+ and SST+ IWMN density in animals exposed to polyI:C at GD19, but not controls. This is the first study to show that MIA increases IWMN density in adult offspring in a similar manner to that seen in the brain in schizophrenia. This suggests the MIA model will be useful in future studies aimed at probing the relationship between IWMNs and schizophrenia.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:35:26 AEDT ]]> Effects of maternal immune activation on adult brain neurobiology https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33605 Mon 23 Sep 2019 10:26:50 AEST ]]>