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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Schizophr Relat Psychoses. 2010 Jul;4(2):124–137. doi: 10.3371/CSRP.4.2.4

Table 3.

Behavioral, Structural, and Neurochemical Phenotypes of Prenatal and Neonatal Immune Challenge Models

Prenatal/Neonatal
Immune Challenge Models
Structural and
Neurochemical Phenotype
Behavioral Phenotype References
Human Influenza Virus Dysregulation of genes involved in cell structure and function; significant brain atrophy Impaired PPI; deficits in exploratory behavior in both open field and novel object test; impaired social interaction 61, 62, 63, 64
Borna Disease Virus Impaired hippocampal synaptogenesis; increased cortical and cerebellum levels of NE and 5-HT; loss of Purkinje cells in cerebellum Impaired social behaviors; increased locomotor activity; impaired habituation and PPI (rat strain dependent) 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
LPS Age-specific changes in accumbal DA levels and striatal DOPAC; dendritic changes in mPFC and hippocampus Disrupted PPI; increased amphetamine-induced locomotor activity; deficits in social interaction 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76
Poly I:C DA-related pharmacological abnormalities; increase in GABAA receptor subunit α2 in ventral dentate gyrus and basolateral amygdala Learning deficits in Morris water maze; postpubertal latent inhibition and PPI deficits; impaired object recognition; impaired social behavior 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82