Background Fever during pregnancy is a relatively common and most often trivial event.
However, under specific conditions, it could affect significantly fetal brain development. Few …

Mast cells (MC) are ubiquitous in the body, and they are critical for not only in allergic
diseases but also in immunity and inflammation, including having potential involvement in …

Background A large body of work has reported a link between prenatal exposure to infection
and increased psychiatric risk in offspring. However, studies to date have focused primarily …

Importance Prenatal maternal inflammation has been associated with major depressive
disorder in offspring in adulthood as well as with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in …

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continues to increase, but no distinct
pathogenesis or effective treatment are known yet. The presence of many comorbidities …

Background Preclinical studies suggest synergistic effects of maternal inflammatory
exposures on offspring neurodevelopment, but human studies have been limited. Objectives …

Maternal Immune Activation (MIA) has been linked to the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia
and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in the offspring, such as cognitive deficits …

Aims To assess maternal pre‐existing type 1 diabetes (T1D), type 2 diabetes (T2D),
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy and risk of depression and anxiety …

Objective Exposure to infections during pregnancy may be a potential risk factor for later
psychopathology, but large-scale epidemiological studies investigating associations …

Introduction Epidemiologic studies are starting to report associations between antibiotic use
in early life and neurodevelopmental disorders. Through mechanisms within the gut …