Can a Virus Cause Schizophrenia? Facts and Hypotheses
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
| Series: | Neurobiological Foundation of Aberrant Behaviors
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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