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SUBMITTER: Sjaarda CP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5562880 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sjaarda Calvin P CP Hecht Patrick P McNaughton Amy J M AJM Zhou Audrina A Hudson Melissa L ML Will Matt J MJ Smith Garth G Ayub Muhammad M Liang Ping P Chen Nansheng N Beversdorf David D Liu Xudong X
Scientific reports 20170818 1
The low activity allele of the maternal polymorphism, 5HTTLPR, in the serotonin transporter, SLC6A4, coupled with prenatal stress is reported to increase the risk for children to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Similarly, maternal Slc6a4 knock-out and prenatal stress in rodents results in offspring demonstrating ASD-like characteristics. The present study uses an integrative genomics approach to explore mechanistic changes in early brain development in mouse embryos exposed to this mater ...[more]