COVID-19 in pregnancy: implications for fetal brain development

LL Shook, EL Sullivan, JO Lo, RH Perlis… - Trends in molecular …, 2022 - cell.com
The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
during pregnancy on the developing fetal brain is poorly understood. Other antenatal …

The fetal origins of mental illness

BJS Al-Haddad, E Oler, B Armistead… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impact of infections and inflammation during pregnancy on the developing fetal brain
remains incompletely defined, with important clinical and research gaps. Although the …

Prenatal interleukin 6 elevation increases glutamatergic synapse density and disrupts hippocampal connectivity in offspring

F Mirabella, G Desiato, S Mancinelli, G Fossati… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Early prenatal inflammatory conditions are thought to be a risk factor for different
neurodevelopmental disorders. Maternal interleukin-6 (IL-6) elevation during pregnancy …

The role of inflammation and microglial activation in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders

GZ Réus, GR Fries, L Stertz, M Badawy, IC Passos… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
Psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD) and
schizophrenia, affect a significant percentage of the world population. These disorders are …

Neuroinflammation as a risk factor for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

GA Dunn, JT Nigg, EL Sullivan - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a persistent, and impairing
pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental condition. Its high prevalence, and recurrent …

Maternal immune activation and neuropsychiatric illness: a translational research perspective

AS Brown, U Meyer - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2018 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Epidemiologic studies, including prospective birth cohort investigations, have implicated
maternal immune activation in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Maternal infectious …

Immune mediators in the brain and peripheral tissues in autism spectrum disorder

ML Estes, AK McAllister - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Increasing evidence points to a central role for immune dysregulation in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). Several ASD risk genes encode components of the immune system and …

[HTML][HTML] Brain changes in a maternal immune activation model of neurodevelopmental brain disorders

L Bergdolt, A Dunaevsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
The developing brain is sensitive to a variety of insults. Epidemiological studies have
identified prenatal exposure to infection as a risk factor for a range of neurological disorders …

Maternal immune activation and autism spectrum disorder: from rodents to nonhuman and human primates

M Careaga, T Murai, MD Bauman - Biological psychiatry, 2017 - Elsevier
A subset of women who are exposed to infection during pregnancy have an increased risk of
giving birth to a child who will later be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental or …

Maternal immune activation: reporting guidelines to improve the rigor, reproducibility, and transparency of the model

AC Kentner, SD Bilbo, AS Brown, EY Hsiao… - …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The 2017 American College of Neuropychopharmacology (ACNP) conference
hosted a Study Group on 4 December 2017, Establishing best practice guidelines to …