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Vitamin D treatment during pregnancy prevents autism-related phenotypes in a mouse model of maternal immune activation.
Molecular autism - 1 Jan 2017
Vuillermot Stephanie, Luan Wei, Meyer Urs, Eyles Darryl
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BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to infection is a recognized environmental risk factor for neuropsychiatric disorders of developmental origins such as autism or schizophrenia. Experimental work in animals indicates that this link is mediated by maternal immune activation (MIA) involving interactions between cytokine-associated inflammatory events, oxidative stress, and other pathophysiological processes such as...
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