image: Researchers found that a drug affecting chloride levels improves autistic-like behavior in offspring of mouse models of autism. The drug restores the so-called GABA switch in the neurons of fetal mice when given to the mother one day before delivery. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 7, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Roman Tyzio at Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology (INMED) in Marseille, France, and colleagues was titled, "Oxytocin-Mediated GABA Inhibition During Delivery Attenuates Autism Pathogenesis in Rodent Offspring." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of D.C. Ferrari