Authors Diagnosis Course and duration Duration of trial N Study design Concomitant drug COX-2 inhibitor Outcome Zhang et al. (2006) Schizophrenia First manifestation 12 weeks 40 Risperidone (flexible dose) Celecoxib…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Norbert Müller, Aye-Mu Myint and Markus J. Schwarz (eds.)Immunology and PsychiatryCurrent Topics in Neurotoxicity810.1007/978-3-319-13602-8_16 16. Do Antidepressants Exert Effects on the Immune System? Angelos Halaris1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, Loyola University Chicago…
Component Innate Immune System Adaptive IS Cellular Monocyte, macrophage, granulocyte, NK-cell, γ/δ-cell T- & B-cell Humoral Complement, APP, mannose binding lectin (MBL), neopterin Antibody The view that a decline of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Norbert Müller, Aye-Mu Myint and Markus J. Schwarz (eds.)Immunology and PsychiatryCurrent Topics in Neurotoxicity810.1007/978-3-319-13602-8_13 13. Role of Autoimmunity and Infections in Tourette Syndrome Pieter J. Hoekstra1 (1) Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,…
Fig. 12.1 Inflammatory pathways to psychosis, adapted from Najjar et al. (2013). In the microglia/astroglia an M2 phenotype is favored, leading to a balance shift to the left in the…
Fig. 11.1 Summary of main steps in the tryptophan–kynurenine pathway. In depression, the neurodegenerative pathway, leading to the synthesis of the neurotoxins quinolinic and picolinic acids, is increased while the…
Fig. 10.1 Effects of inflammation on related metabolisms. The lines in green colour = metabolic process, the lines in blue colour = transport across blood brain barrier, the lines in red colour (complete) = activation, the…
Appleton KM, Rogers PJ, Ness AR. Updated systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on depressed mood. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:757–70.PubMed Asevedo E,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Norbert Müller, Aye-Mu Myint and Markus J. Schwarz (eds.)Immunology and PsychiatryCurrent Topics in Neurotoxicity810.1007/978-3-319-13602-8_7 7. Exposure to Microorganisms and Adult Psychiatric Disorders: The Case for a Causal Role of Toxoplasma gondii…
Fig. 3.1 Animal models play an integral role in the development of an understanding of the effect of immune activation and inflammation on behavioural traits. Investigation of mechanisms linking immune–brain…
