Certain medications taken in pregnancy may link to autism in offspring

Researchers have uncovered a possible link between sterol biosynthesis inhibiting medications taken during pregnancy and an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder in offspring, according to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.
“Cholesterol is an essential building block of the developing brain. Some medications, intentionally or unintentionally, can inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis,” Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, dean and director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute and Hattie B. Munroe Professor of Psychiatry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center,








