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Reduced Motivation in Perinatal Fluoxetine-Treated Mice: A Hypodopaminergic Phenotype.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 24 Mar 2021
Menezes Edênia C, Shah Relish, Laughlin Lindsay, Vinod K Yaragudri, Smiley John F, Cunha Catarina, Balla Andrea, Sershen Henry, Castellanos Francisco X, Corvelo André, Teixeira Cátia M
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Early life is a sensitive period, in which enhanced neural plasticity allows the developing brain to adapt to its environment. This plasticity can also be a risk factor in which maladaptive development can lead to long-lasting behavioral deficits. Here, we test how early-life exposure to the selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitor (SSRI), fluoxetine, affects motivation, and dopaminergic signaling in adulthood. We...
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