Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurodevelopmental disorders caused by various genetic and environmental factors that result in synaptic abnormalities. ASD development is suggested to involve ...

Schizophrenia onset is typically in adolescence or early adulthood, but its underlying causes are thought to involve neurodevelopmental abnormalities.

More information: Kazuya Fuma et al, Prenatal inflammation impairs early CD11c-positive microglia induction and delays myelination in neurodevelopmental disorders, Communications Biology (2025).

Researchers in the United States and Sweden have created personalized models of fetal brain microglia to investigate the effects of maternal infection on the developing brain, including infection ...

An immune cell may explain how maternal inflammation causes neurodevelopmental disorder Peer-Reviewed Publication Nagoya University ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals experience difficulties in social communication and exhibit restricted, repetitive patterns ...

Two distinct neurodevelopmental abnormalities that arise just weeks after the start of brain development have been associated with the emergence of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new ...

This could contribute to CYFIP1 -related neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders resulting in part from microglia dysfunction.

New genetic variants associated with balanced alterations of chromosome structure have been identified in individuals with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders, many of which are also ...

Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of yolk sac hematopoietic cells also identified HDAC1 as the etiology of microglia developmental abnormalities.

Two distinct neurodevelopmental abnormalities that arise just weeks after the start of brain development have been associated with the emergence of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new ...