Long-term pathological consequences of prenatal infection: beyond brain disorders.

Prenatal immunological adversities such as maternal infection have been widely acknowledged to contribute to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental brain disorders…. Targeting peripheral abnormalities may thus represent a valuable strategy to improve the wide spectrum of behavioral abnormalities that can emerge in subjects with prenatal infection histories.

Abstract. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 2015; 309(1):R1-R12