Alterations in excitatory and inhibitory synaptic development within the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in a mouse model of prenatal drug exposure
Taylor C Boggess, James C. Williamson, Ethan B. Niebergall, Hannah G. Sexton, Anna Mazur, Richard D. Egleton, Lawrence M. Grover, William Christopher Risher
This study examines the effects of prenatal drug exposure on synaptogenesis in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in mice, finding increased excitatory and decreased inhibitory synapses in specific brain regions.
Frontiers in Pediatrics · Dec 13, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience