Antidepressants taken during pregnancy may affect children’s digestive health
Number of EC cells is not significantly different between FLX-exposed and control colon. EC cells were identified by immunolabeling with antibodies to 5-HT and counted per 10 villus-crypt units in the ileum and per 10 crypts in the colon. A. EC cells visualized with anti-5-HT (red) indicated with arrowheads in cross-section preparations of female control and FLX-exposed colon at 6 months. Nuclei labeled with bisbenzimide (blue). Bar = 100 µm. B. Number of EC cells in ileum and colon at P21 (n = 9-14). C. Number of EC…
