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Stay Salty: Maternal Diet Affects an Offspring’s Neuronal Taste Circuit
Stay Salty: Maternal Diet Affects an Offspring’s Neuronal Taste Circuit
Low salt intake during pregnancy in mice influences the pruning of extra synapses of the taste circuit later in life.
Low salt intake during pregnancy in mice influences the pruning of extra synapses of the taste circuit later in life.
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