Response to Comment on "Oxytocin-mediated GABA inhibition during delivery attenuates autism pathogenesis in rodent offspring".

Eftekhari, Sanaz; Shahrokhi, Amene; Tsintsadze, Vera; Nardou, Romain; Brouchoud, Corinne; Conesa, Magali; Burnashev, Nail; Ferrari, Diana C et al. · Science · 2014

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Abstract

Bambini-Junior et al. questioned whether our treatment in two rodent models of autism has a long-lasting effect into adulthood. In response, we show that bumetanide treatment around delivery attenuates autistic behavioral features in adult offspring. Therefore, the polarity of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) actions during delivery exerts long-lasting priming actions after birth.

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