Maternal immune activation is the notion that inflammation due to infection during pregnancy can affect a fetus' developing brain, increasing the risk of autism.
The model we use is very well established for autism spectrum disorder... I check what happened to the fetuses 24 hours after exposure to maternal inflammation...
There is no single known cause of autism, but it's believed that genetics and environmental factors play a role.
Sanchez Martin's work represents the first look at the effects of prenatal inflammation on an embryo in an autism model.
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