Animal and human studies suggest that maternal immune activation in response to infection during pregnancy can alter fetal brain development, which increases the risk for schizophrenia and autism in the offspring.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Vanderbilt University
  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation

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• The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation medschool.vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt University via serper

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• infection concept
• pregnancy concept
• autism concept