Neonatal administration of citalopram delays somatic maturation in rats

We investigated the somatic maturation of neonate rats treated during the suckling period with citalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Groups with 6 male neonates were randomly assigned to different treatments 24 h after birth. Each litter was suckled by one of the dams until the 21st...

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Main Authors: T.C.B.J. Deiró, R. Manhães-de-Castro, J.E. Cabral-Filho, S.L. Souza, S.R. Freitas-Silva, L.M.P. Ferreira, R.C.A. Guedes, C.R.V. Câmara, K.M.F.T. Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001000009