The recent shift in socio-political debates and growing liberalization of Cannabis use across
the globe has raised concern regarding its impact on vulnerable populations such as …

Schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are psychiatric neurodevelopmental
disorders that cause high levels of functional disabilities. Also, the currently available …

Maternal infection has emerged as an important environmental risk factor for
neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders …

Human epidemiological studies implicate exposure to infection during gestation in the
etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders. Animal models of maternal immune activation …

Gestational methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM) treatment produces offspring with adult
phenotype relevant to schizophrenia, including positive-and negative-like symptoms …

Gestational infection constitutes a risk factor for the occurrence of psychiatric disorders in the
offspring. Activation of the maternal immune system (MIA) with subsequent impact on the …

Introduction: Prenatal infections are associated with an increased risk of the onset of
schizophrenia. Rodent models of maternal immune stimulation (MIS) have been extensively …

Many psychiatric illnesses have a multifactorial etiology involving genetic and environmental
risk factors that trigger persistent neurodevelopmental impairments. Several risk factors have …

In both animals and human beings, males and females differ in their genetic background
and hormonally driven behaviour and show sex-related differences in brain activity and …

Anatomical, electrophysiological and behavioral studies in rodents have shown that the
thalamic midline nucleus reuniens (RE) is a crucial link in the communication between …