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Antidepressant & Autism

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Maternal use of the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) can alter the brain circuits in her offspring that control behaviors reminiscent of autism spectrum disorder, suggests a study in mice published in eNeuro.

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Maloney et al., <i>eNeuro</i> (2018)

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