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Maternal diet-induced inflammation alters fetal serotonin levels and offspring behavior - Nature Metabolism
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A maternal high-fat diet (mHFD) alters behavior in offspring in a sex-specific manner. We demonstrate that mHFD increases endotoxin levels in fetal tissues and decreases long-term serotonin bioavailability in male offspring owing to removal of serotonin neurons by microglia in the embryonic brain.
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