Prenatal and postnatal maternal contributions in the infection model of schizophrenia

U Meyer, S Schwendener, J Feldon, BK Yee - Experimental brain research, 2006 - Springer
Epidemiological studies have indicated that the risk of schizophrenia is enhanced by
prenatal maternal infection with viral or bacterial pathogens. Recent experimentation in …

Neural basis of psychosis-related behaviour in the infection model of schizophrenia

U Meyer, J Feldon - Behavioural brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
Maternal infection during pregnancy is a notable risk factor for the offspring to develop
severe neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. One prevalent hypothesis …

Prenatal infection, maternal immune activation, and risk for schizophrenia

SE Canetta, AS Brown - Translational neuroscience, 2012 - Springer
A body of epidemiological literature has suggested an association between prenatal
infection, subsequent maternal immune activation (MIA), and later risk of schizophrenia …

Prenatal immune activation leads to multiple changes in basal neurotransmitter levels in the adult brain: implications for brain disorders of neurodevelopmental origin …

C Winter, A Djodari-Irani, R Sohr… - International Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Maternal infection during pregnancy enhances the offspring's risk for severe
neuropsychiatric disorders in later life, including schizophrenia. Recent attempts to model …

A review of the fetal brain cytokine imbalance hypothesis of schizophrenia

U Meyer, J Feldon, BK Yee - Schizophrenia bulletin, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk of schizophrenia and other brain
disorders of neurodevelopmental origin in the offspring. A multitude of infectious agents …

Immune activation during pregnancy in rats leads to a postpubertal emergence of disrupted latent inhibition, dopaminergic hyperfunction, and altered limbic …

L Zuckerman, M Rehavi, R Nachman… - …, 2003 - nature.com
Prenatal exposure to infection is associated with increased liability to schizophrenia, and it is
believed that such an association is mediated by the maternal immune response, in …

Towards an immuno-precipitated neurodevelopmental animal model of schizophrenia

U Meyer, J Feldon, M Schedlowski, BK Yee - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies have indicated an association between maternal bacterial and viral
infections during pregnancy and the higher incidence of schizophrenia in the resultant …

Developmental neuroinflammation and schizophrenia

U Meyer - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
There is increasing interest in and evidence for altered immune factors in the etiology and
pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Stimulated by various epidemiological findings reporting …

Maternal immune activation leads to behavioral and pharmacological changes in the adult offspring

L Zuckerman, I Weiner - Journal of psychiatric research, 2005 - Elsevier
Maternal exposure to viral infection has been associated with an increased risk of
schizophrenia in the offspring, and it has been suggested that the maternal immune …

Perinatal complications and schizophrenia: involvement of the immune system

TA Jenkins - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia suggests that, at least in part, events
occurring within the intrauterine or perinatal environment at critical times of brain …