Social deficits induced by pervasive environmental stressors are prevented by microbial or dopaminergic modulation
Caroline Anne Smith, Danielle Nicole Rendina, Marcy A. Kingsbury, Karen E. Malacon, Dang M. Nguyen, Jessica J. Tran, Benjamin A. Devlin, Madeline J. Clark, Ravikiran M. Raju, Lauren A. Burgett, Jason Y. Zhang, Murat Çetinbaş, Ruslan I. Sadreyev, Kevin Chen, Malvika S. Iyer, Staci D. Bilbo
The paper shows that prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress in mice causes social deficits in male offspring, which can be prevented by microbiome modulation or dopamine activation.
Brain Behavior and Immunity · Nov 1, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience