Short-term mastication after weaning upregulates GABAergic signalling and reduces dendritic spine in thalamus

Mastication enhances brain function and even mental health, but little is known molecular basis underlying the effects of chewing on neural development in early childhood we conducted experiment with rats fed a with soft or hard chow diet immediately after weaning and investigated the expression of genes were investigated after another 8 days of breeding.

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Ogawa M, Nagai T, Saito Y, Miyaguchi H, Kumakura K, Abe K, Asakura T