Single early prenatal lipopolysaccharide exposure impairs striatal monoamines and maternal care in female rats.

Aims: Environmental information received by a mother can induce a phenotype change in her offspring, commonly known as a maternal effect (trans-generational effect). The present work verified the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which mimics bacterial infection, on maternal care and on the activity of related brain areas in F1 offspring, i.e.