Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice

Prenatal exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) is a risk factor for a variety of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. The timing of MIA-exposure has been shown to affect adolescent and adult offspring neurodevelopment, however, less is known about these effects in the neonatal period...

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Autores principales: Elisa Guma, Emily Snook, Shoshana Spring, Jason P. Lerch, Brian J. Nieman, Gabriel A. Devenyi, M. Mallar Chakravarty
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:07e124d91a5848289b88f45d5e293cc32021-11-04T04:30:25ZSubtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice2213-158210.1016/j.nicl.2021.102868https://doaj.org/article/07e124d91a5848289b88f45d5e293cc32021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158221003120https://doaj.org/toc/2213-1582Prenatal exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) is a risk factor for a variety of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. The timing of MIA-exposure has been shown to affect adolescent and adult offspring neurodevelopment, however, less is known about these effects in the neonatal period. To better understand the impact of MIA-exposure on neonatal brain development in a mouse model, we assess neonate communicative abilities with the ultrasonic vocalization task, followed by high-resolution ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the neonatal (postnatal day 8) mouse brain. Early exposed offspring displayed decreased communicative ability, while brain anatomy appeared largely unaffected, apart from some subtle alterations. By integrating MRI and behavioural assays to investigate the effects of MIA-exposure on neonatal neurodevelopment we show that offspring neuroanatomy and behaviour are only subtly affected by both early and late exposure. This suggests that the deficits often observed in later stages of life may be dormant, not yet developed in the neonatal period, or not as easily detectable using a cross-sectional approach.Elisa GumaEmily SnookShoshana SpringJason P. LerchBrian J. NiemanGabriel A. DevenyiM. Mallar ChakravartyElsevierarticleMaternal immune activationMagnetic resonance imagingNeonate brain developmentEnvironmental risk factorUltrasonic vocalizationsComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuroImage: Clinical, Vol 32, Iss , Pp 102868- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Maternal immune activation
Magnetic resonance imaging
Neonate brain development
Environmental risk factor
Ultrasonic vocalizations
Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
R858-859.7
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle Maternal immune activation
Magnetic resonance imaging
Neonate brain development
Environmental risk factor
Ultrasonic vocalizations
Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
R858-859.7
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Elisa Guma
Emily Snook
Shoshana Spring
Jason P. Lerch
Brian J. Nieman
Gabriel A. Devenyi
M. Mallar Chakravarty
Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
description Prenatal exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) is a risk factor for a variety of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. The timing of MIA-exposure has been shown to affect adolescent and adult offspring neurodevelopment, however, less is known about these effects in the neonatal period. To better understand the impact of MIA-exposure on neonatal brain development in a mouse model, we assess neonate communicative abilities with the ultrasonic vocalization task, followed by high-resolution ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the neonatal (postnatal day 8) mouse brain. Early exposed offspring displayed decreased communicative ability, while brain anatomy appeared largely unaffected, apart from some subtle alterations. By integrating MRI and behavioural assays to investigate the effects of MIA-exposure on neonatal neurodevelopment we show that offspring neuroanatomy and behaviour are only subtly affected by both early and late exposure. This suggests that the deficits often observed in later stages of life may be dormant, not yet developed in the neonatal period, or not as easily detectable using a cross-sectional approach.
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author Elisa Guma
Emily Snook
Shoshana Spring
Jason P. Lerch
Brian J. Nieman
Gabriel A. Devenyi
M. Mallar Chakravarty
author_facet Elisa Guma
Emily Snook
Shoshana Spring
Jason P. Lerch
Brian J. Nieman
Gabriel A. Devenyi
M. Mallar Chakravarty
author_sort Elisa Guma
title Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
title_short Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
title_full Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
title_fullStr Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
title_full_unstemmed Subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
title_sort subtle alterations in neonatal neurodevelopment following early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation in mice
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/07e124d91a5848289b88f45d5e293cc3
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