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SUBMITTER: Lerch-Haner JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2679641 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lerch-Haner Jessica K JK Frierson Dargan D Crawford LaTasha K LK Beck Sheryl G SG Deneris Evan S ES
Nature neuroscience 20080901 9
Central serotonergic signaling influences many physiological processes, but a requirement for reproductive success has not been demonstrated. Using mouse dams with a specific disruption in serotonin neuron development, we found that serotonergic function is required for the nurturing and survival of offspring. Full rescue of survival depended on the mother's expression level of the upstream serotonergic transcriptional cascade. Thus, intrinsic transcriptional programming of maternal serotonergic ...[more]