Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a major impact on the development and social
integration of affected individuals and is the most heritable of psychiatric disorders. An�…

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in communication and
social skills as well as repetitive and stereotypical behaviors. While much effort has focused�…

Epidemiologic studies, including prospective birth cohort investigations, have implicated
maternal immune activation in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Maternal infectious�…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of heterogeneous neurological disorders that
are highly variable and are clinically characterized by deficits in social interactions�…

The cognitive phenotype of autism has been correlated with an altered balance of excitation
to inhibition in the cerebral cortex, which could result from a change in the number, function�…

Auism spectrum disorder (ASD) now affects one in 68 births in the United States and is the
fastest growing neurodevelopmental disability worldwide. Alarmingly, for the majority of�…

Maternal immune dysregulation is a prenatal risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Importantly, a clinically relevant connection exists between inflammation and metabolic�…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex neurodevelopmental conditions that have
been rising markedly in prevalence for the past 30 years, now thought to affect 1 in 68 in the�…

The incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been rising, however ASD-risk
biomarkers remain lacking. We previously identified the presence of maternal�…

Prenatal stress exposure is associated with adverse psychiatric outcomes, including autism
and ADHD, as well as locomotor and social inhibition and anxiety-like behaviors in animal�…