Maternal immune activation and neuroinflammation in human neurodevelopmental disorders

VX Han, S Patel, HF Jones, RC Dale - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Maternal health during pregnancy plays a major role in shaping health and disease risks in
the offspring. The maternal immune activation hypothesis proposes that inflammatory …

Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

HR Willsey, AJ Willsey, B Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

Innate immune dysfunction and neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

HK Hughes, RJ Moreno, P Ashwood - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2023 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by communication and social behavior deficits. The presence of restricted and …

Human gut microbiota from autism spectrum disorder promote behavioral symptoms in mice

G Sharon, NJ Cruz, DW Kang, MJ Gandal, B Wang… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests as alterations in complex human behaviors
including social communication and stereotypies. In addition to genetic risks, the gut …

Neurodevelopmental disorders—the history and future of a diagnostic concept

DJ Morris-Rosendahl, MA Crocq - Dialogues in clinical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article describes the history of the diagnostic class of neurodevelopmental disorders
(NDDs) up to DSM-5. We further analyze how the development of genetics will transform the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms underlying microbial-mediated changes in social behavior in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder

M Sgritta, SW Dooling, SA Buffington, EN Momin… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Currently, there are no medications that effectively treat the core symptoms of Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We recently found that the bacterial species Lactobacillus (L.) …

Long-term benefit of Microbiota Transfer Therapy on autism symptoms and gut microbiota

DW Kang, JB Adams, DM Coleman, EL Pollard… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Many studies have reported abnormal gut microbiota in individuals with Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASD), suggesting a link between gut microbiome and autism-like behaviors …

The contribution of environmental exposure to the etiology of autism spectrum disorder

S Bölte, S Girdler, PB Marschik - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition of heterogeneous
etiology. While it is widely recognized that genetic and environmental factors and their …

Sensory perception in autism

CE Robertson, S Baron-Cohen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

Association of genetic and environmental factors with autism in a 5-country cohort

D Bai, BHK Yip, GC Windham, A Sourander… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The origins and development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain
unresolved. No individual-level study has provided estimates of additive genetic, maternal …