Maternal Immune Activation, above average intelligence & above Average Inflammation

Val's Take/Conjecture

• It is interesting that AI is coming to the fore, just as we are recognizing significant limits of Human Intelligence.
• We're only processing a fraction of the information out there ---- and it's taking an enormous amount of energy to process what we are processing.
• Contrary to what we might think --- it takes a lot of energy to think.
• Sensory Processing is associated with Intelligence and the Immune System.
• The challenge for many neurodivergent people is that they are taking in more information --- but it is taking them more energy to process it --- and various dysfunctions including microglial dysfunction and mitchondrial are making that difficult.

Tonic on Demand
Bipolar Disorder (2016)

​​​See 3:18:  Bipolar linked to the EXCEPTIONALITIES in the Humanities  -- above average, below average -- the main thing -- NOT AVERAGE.

​Maternal immune activation and its multifaceted effects on learning and memory in rodent offspring: A systematic review (2024)

Highlights

•  Maternal immune activation (MIA) can impair offspring learning and memory.

•  MIA negatively impacts cognition in rodents.

•  Males are more susceptible to cognitive deficits.

•  Some studies show improved cognition after MIA.

•  Sex differences in immune responses may explain cognitive outcomes.

​Lactoferrin alleviates the adverse effects of early-life inflammation on depression in adults by regulating the activation of microglia (2025)