… Developing reliable, predictive animal models for complex psychiatric disorders, such as
schizophrenia, is essential to increase our understanding of the neurobiological basis of the …

… a coherent model of schizophrenia remains as … on schizophrenia remains highly fragmented.
The purpose of this article is to critically review many of the animal models of schizophrenia …

… the criteria that the model must satisfy to establish … animal model that mimics the schizophrenia
syndrome in its entirety. In the early years of psychopharmacology, the term “animal model…

… , that animal … schizophrenia, but the same principles also apply to other psychiatric illnesses.
We will describe a number of animal behavioural models with relevance to schizophrenia …

… point for various symptoms of schizophrenia. Here we review animal models of NMDAR …
they relate to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. In addition, we discuss the limitations of …

… models. This review will address the evolving field of animal models of schizophrenia with
a focus on models of … of the present and future promise of genetic-based models. Evolving …

… outcome, it is a relatively robust and widely used assay in phenotyping animal models of
schizophrenia, and can be administered to animals in a fashion almost identical to humans. A …

… Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder that is poorly treated with current …
update regarding the use of animal models to study schizophrenia in an attempt to understand …

… animal models in relation to the etiology, neurobiology and psychopharmacology of
schizophrenia… Thereby, we discuss the general design and practical implementation of these …

… may be abnormal in schizophrenics (chapters by Tamminga … animal models of schizophrenia
and their utility for testing novel pharmacological strategies for treatment of schizophrenia. …