Schizophrenia Research
Volume 112, Issue 1 , Pages 46-53 , July 2009

Abnormal expression of myelination genes and alterations in white matter fractional anisotropy following prenatal viral influenza infection at E16 in mice

  • S. Hossein Fatemi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 392, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 310 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, 310 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
    • 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, United States. 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 Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 392, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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  • Teri J. Reutiman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 392, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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  • Desiree Abu-Odeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 392, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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  • Susumu Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of NMR, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States
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  • Hao Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of NMR, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States
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  • Kenichi Oishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of NMR, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States

Received 6 February 2009 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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