Fig. 18.1 Chemical structure of short-chain ω-6 arachidonic acid (AA) and long-chain ω-6 linolenic acid (LA) Fig. 18.2 Chemical structure of short-chain ω-3 α-linolenic acid (ALA) and long-chain ω-3s eicosapentaenoic…
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders in persons without infections Schizophrenia spectrum disorder in persons with hospital contact with infections Autoimmune disease RRa 95 % CI Cases RRa 95 % CI Cases…
Fig. 14.1 Contributions of genetic and environmental factors to alterations in the CNS Animal Models of ASD BTBR Mouse Model Animal models of human conditions allow researchers to directly test…
Fig. 9.1 Immune system and the environmental impact on the brain Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Several studies have evaluated levels of cortisol in children exposed to trauma (Johnson et al. 2013;…
Fig. 5.1 CE usually develops within a short time period of hours to days and involves strong neuroinflammatory alterations within CSF spaces and the brain parenchyma. The latter has been…
Group Brain markers Brain structure Brain genes Behavior nNOS Reelin GFAP Pyramidal cell atrophy Brain atrophy MBP PLP Net-nd P HSCP70 Prepulse inhibition Influenza mouse model Adulthood ↓ ↓ ↑…
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,…
