Maternal Immune Activation in Pregnancy Affects Fetal Nervous System

Activation of the maternal immune system, especially during the third trimester might affect the developing fetal brain, according to a team of scientists led by Bradley Peterson, MD, director of the Institute for the Developing Mind in the Department of Pediatrics at Children''s Hospital Los Angeles. The study appears in the Journal of Neuroscience.

fetal brain development impact by maternal immune response during pregnancy
- maternal immune activation during pregnancy affects fetal brain development
- babies'' nervous system development impacted with long-term effects

Maternal Immune Activation in Pregnancy Affects Fetal Nervous System Development

Fetal brain development can be affected by maternal immune response activation during pregnancy, These changes were found to have impaired mental and motor development in infants. Read More

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