E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 144 Seiten, eBook
Pearce Can a Virus Cause Schizophrenia?
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4419-9260-4
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
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Facts and Hypotheses
E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 144 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Neurobiological Foundation of Aberrant Behaviors
ISBN: 978-1-4419-9260-4
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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Weitere Infos & Material
1 Introduction and History.- 1.1 A brief history of the viral hypothesis.- 2 Fundamentals of Viral Infections and Immune Responses in Humans.- 2.1 A primer on general virology.- 2.2 Immune response to viral infections.- 2.3 Persistent viral infections.- 3 Encephalitis and Schizophrenia.- 3.1 Viruses and schizophrenia: a plurality of theories.- 3.2 Psychosis in viral encephalitis.- 3.3 The validity gap for the encephalitis connection.- 3.4 Bona diseases virus.- 3.5 Viruses in other psychiatric diseases.- 4 Epidemiological Evidence.- 4.1 Epidemiological studies of the viral hypothesis.- 4.2 Seroepidemiological studies.- 4.3 Immune alterations in schizophrenia.- 5 The Role of Viral Infections During Neurodevelopment.- 5.1 Brain development.- 5.2 Immunology of the maternal-fetal unit.- 5.3 The viral-developmental hypothesis.- 5.4 Epidemiological studies of perinatal infections in adult schizophrenia.- 6 Model and Mechanisms.- 6.1 Specific models.- 6.2 A history lesson from oncology concerning the viral hypothesis.- 6.3 What a viral etiology of schizophrenia does not mean.- 6.4 Conclusion.
