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A single dose reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within hours
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UCLA researchers found that a single dose of the drug rapamycin temporarily reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice exposed to inflammation in the womb. While not a human treatment, the study highlights the brain's functional adaptability.
A UCLA Health study in mice has found that inflammation during pregnancy can produce lasting autism-like changes in offspring. The researchers also discovered that many of the resulting brain and behavioral effects could be improved rapidly in adulthood, although only temporarily, with a single dose of the immune-suppressing drug rapamycin.
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