Maternal Infection and neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring

American Journal of Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Zhou, Heping ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gestational Days (GDs); Glucocorticoids; Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV); Maternal infection; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Neuroinflammation; Virus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARPROFEN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHICKENPOX; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL INFECTION; MEASLES; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREMEDICATION; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARTLE REFLEX; VIRULENCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84863378185     PISSN: 1553619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajisp.2012.10.17     Document Type: Review

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