The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key factor in central nervous system (CNS) function,
regulating many processes including reward, movement, and cognition. Dopamine also …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in communication and
social skills as well as repetitive and stereotypical behaviors. While much effort has focused …

Complex interactions between the immune system and the brain might have important
aetiological and therapeutic implications for neuropsychiatric brain disorders. A possible …

Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a persistent, and impairing
pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental condition. Its high prevalence, and recurrent …

Importance The developmental origins of mental illness are incompletely understood.
Although the development of autism and schizophrenia are linked to infections during fetal …

Viral infection during pregnancy is correlated with increased frequency of
neurodevelopmental disorders, and this is studied in mice prenatally subjected to maternal …

Abstract The 2017 American College of Neuropychopharmacology (ACNP) conference
hosted a Study Group on 4 December 2017, Establishing best practice guidelines to …

Inflammation is increasingly recognized as being of both physiological and pathological
importance in the immature brain. The rationale of this review is to present an update on this …

During the last decades, schizophrenia has been regarded as a developmental disorder.
The neurodevelopmental hypothesis proposes schizophrenia to be related to genetic and …

Microglia are the predominant immune response cells and professional phagocytes of the
central nervous system (CNS) that have been shown to be important for brain development …