Inflammation is a complex biological response fundamental to how the body deals with
injury and infection to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury and effect repair. Unlike a …

Classic theories of stress and health are largely based on assumptions regarding how
different psychosocial stressors influence biological processes that, in turn, affect human …

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most prevalent, severe and costly motor disability of childhood.
Consequently, CP is a public health priority for prevention, but its aetiology has proved …

Inflammation is increasingly recognized as being a critical contributor to both normal
development and injury outcome in the immature brain. The focus of this Review is to …

Epidemiological studies have shown a clear association between maternal infection and
schizophrenia or autism in the progeny. Animal models have revealed maternal immune …

Importance The developmental origins of mental illness are incompletely understood.
Although the development of autism and schizophrenia are linked to infections during fetal …

Neurogenesis must be properly regulated to ensure that cell production does not exceed the
requirements of the growing cerebral cortex, yet our understanding of mechanisms that …

Neonatal hypoxia-ischaemia (HI) is the most common cause of death and disability in
human neonates, and is often associated with persistent motor, sensory, and cognitive …

The develo** brain is sensitive to a variety of insults. Epidemiological studies have
identified prenatal exposure to infection as a risk factor for a range of neurological disorders …

It is increasingly appreciated that altered neuroimmune mechanisms might play a role in the
development of schizophrenia and related psychotic illnesses. On the basis of human …