Serotonin Alleviates Autism Symptoms in Mice (4 of 7) (IMAGE)

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Serotonin Alleviates Autism Symptoms in Mice (4 of 7)

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A flow chart explaining what this study found about treating autism spectrum disorder mouse models with fluoxetine. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 21, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by N. Nakai at RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako, Japan, and colleagues was titled, "Serotonin rebalances cortical tuning and behavior linked to autism symptoms in 15q11-13 CNV mice."

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