SSRIs and Pregnancy with McKenna Crossen

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are commonly used to treat depression and other brain chemical imbalances, but how does that affect the other 90% of serotonin floating around the body? What about a developing body? PhD student McKenna Crossen talks about her work studying different ways SSRIs might affect placental and fetal development in mice.

If you want to know what things were used to research this episode, a list of sources can be found here.

For more information on the Hernandez lab where McKenna works, visit this website.