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. 2018 Jul 5;8:10188. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28372-3

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Schematic recapitulating the main topics addressed in the current study: etiological hypothesis (a), modulatory role of neonatal corticosterone administration (b), and potential molecular mechanisms involved (c). Specifically, in panel (a) we exemplified the etiological hypothesis linking streptococcal immunizations, antibody response and behavioral abnormalities. In panel (b) we sketched a candidate mechanism through which neonatal corticosterone may mitigate the PANDAS-like neurobehavioural abnormalities. In (c) we visually represented the main findings from the upstream regulator analysis. The predicted effects of GAS and CORT+ GAS are shown for signaling involving estradiol and the other signaling molecules from the analyses that are regulated by estradiol.