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 …

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 …

Several lines of evidence support the link between maternal inflammation during pregnancy
and increased likelihood of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in offspring. This …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of complex multifactorial neurodevelopmental
disorders characterized by a wide and variable set of neuropsychiatric symptoms, including …

Cytokines have been implicated in the pathology of depression. Currently, the evidence is
based on cross-sectional studies and meta-analytic research comparing blood …

Associations between influenza infection and psychosis have been reported since the
eighteenth century, with acute “psychoses of influenza” documented during multiple …

There is growing appreciation of key roles of the gut microbiota in maintaining homeostasis
and influencing brain and behaviour at critical windows across the lifespan. Mounting …

Maternal immune activation (MIA), be it triggered by infectious or noninfectious stimuli, is
implicated in various psychiatric and neurological disorders with developmental etiologies …

Humans evolved within a microbial ecosystem resulting in an interlinked physiology. The gut
microbiota can signal to the brain via the immune system, the vagus nerve or other host …

Exposure to heightened inflammation in pregnancy caused by infections or other
inflammatory insults has been associated with the onset of neurodevelopmental and …