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ArticleScientific reports2021

Cesarean section delivery is a risk factor of autism-related behaviors in mice.

Masatoshi Nagano, Fumihito Saitow, Shinpei Higo, Makoto Uzuki, Yasunori Mikahara, Toshio Akimoto, Hitoshi Ozawa, Katsuhiko Nishimori, Hidenori Suzuki

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masatoshi NaganoDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. nagano@nms.ac.jp.
Fumihito SaitowDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinpei HigoDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto UzukiDivision of Laboratory Animal Science, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasunori MikaharaDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshio AkimotoDivision of Laboratory Animal Science, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Hitoshi OzawaDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Katsuhiko NishimoriDepartment of Obesity and Internal Inflammation, Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka 1, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan.
Hidenori SuzukiDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Nippon Medical School · JPFukushima Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cesarean section (C/S) is one way of delivering babies, and is chosen when mothers or babies are facing problems or life-threatening conditions during pregnancy. Many meta-analyses have suggested an etiological relationship between C/S delivery and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). However, as a risk factor for ASDs, C/S delivery has not yet been well studied. Because C/S deliveries have been increasing, it is very important to investigate the causal association between C/S and ASDs. Here, using three approaches, we showed experimentally that C/S delivery induced ASD-like traits in offspring mice, and that some of these changes were ameliorated by one-time oxytocin (OXT) treatment. Treatment with OXT receptor antagonists before natural delivery also induced ASD-related behaviors. Moreover, wild-type mice born to OXT-KO dams showed similar changes. Thus, insufficient OXT exposure from dams to offspring during delivery may be a trigger for ASD-related behaviors.

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AnimalsAutism Spectrum DisorderCesarean SectionFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRMice, KnockoutOxytocinRisk FactorsOxytocin

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PMID33903690
PMCPMC8076189
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