Early effects of lipopolysaccharide- induced inflammation on foetal brain development in rat

Studies in humans and animal models link maternal infection and imbalanced levels of inflammatory mediators in the foetal brain to the aetiology of neuropsychiatric disorders…. The early biochemical and morphological changes described in this work begin to explain the sequelae of early events that underlie the neurobehavioural deficits reported in humans and animals exposed to prenatal insults.

Abstract. ASN neuro 2011; 3(4)