As a potential connecting link between vaccines, brain inflammation, and autism, Diana Vargas and colleagues (2005) examined the brains from autopsies of 11 autistic patients ranging in ages from 5 to 44 years, in which they found the presence of extensively activated microglia and astrocytes (the brain’s immune cells) along with proinflammatory cytokines.

Normally dormant, the microglia and astrocytes can become very destructive when overstimulated for prolonged periods of time, which vaccine adjuvants are designed to bring about. As with the Pourcyrous study, it was the first study of its kind, clearly documenting a significant association between autism and brain inflammation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15546155/

IMPORTANT
The Pourcyrous Study: A Major Milestone in Medical History

http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2011/06/01/vaccines-and-brain-inflammation/