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From: Perinatal SSRI exposure affects brain functional activity associated with whisker stimulation in adolescent and adult rats

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The effect of whisker stimulation block > control block over all subject groups. In both the perinatally SSRI exposed and control groups whisker stimulation to the left side is associated with increased activation of the barrel cortex at the contralateral side (5 weeks: z-max = 6.43, p < 0.001; 10 weeks: z-max is 6.25; p < 0.001). Additionally, there is strong activation in thalamic projection sides and sensory relay regions like the ventral posteromedial nucleus and posteromedial complex region. Cluster activation is shown on an in-house rat template and z-scores are depicted on the scale bar.

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