Can a Virus Cause Schizophrenia? Facts and Hypotheses

Can a Virus Cause Schizophrenia? Facts and Hypotheses / by Bradley D. Pearce.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearce, Bradley D. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Edition:1st ed. 2003.
Series:Neurobiological Foundation of Aberrant Behaviors, 6
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Neurology .
Neurosciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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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.

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