Gonadal Hormones Impart Male-Biased Behavioral Vulnerabilities to Immune Activation via Microglial Mitochondrial Function
Evan A. Bordt, Haley Moya, Young Chan Jo, Caitlin T. Ravichandran, Izabella M. Bankowski, Alexis M. Ceasrine, Christopher J. McDougle, William A. Carlezon, Staci D. Bilbo
This study shows that male-biased social behavior deficits after early-life immune activation are linked to microglial mitochondrial dysfunction and are influenced by perinatal gonadal hormones.
bioRxiv · Aug 5, 2022Neuroscience