The antecedents of schizophrenia: a review of birth cohort studies

J Welham, M Isohanni, P Jones… - Schizophrenia …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background: Birth cohort (BC) studies demonstrate that individuals who develop
schizophrenia differ from the general population on a range of developmental indices. The …

The impact of neuroimmune dysregulation on neuroprotection and neurotoxicity in psychiatric disorders-relation to drug treatment

N Müller, AM Myint, MJ Schwarz - Dialogues in clinical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
An inflammatory pathogenesis has been postulated for schizophrenia and major depression
(MD). In schizophrenia and depression, opposing patterns oftype-1 vs type-2 immune …

Association between prenatal exposure to bacterial infection and risk of schizophrenia

HJ Sørensen, EL Mortensen, JM Reinisch… - Schizophrenia …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Recent research suggests that prenatal exposure to nonviral infection may be associated
with increased risk of schizophrenia, and we hypothesized an association between maternal …

[PDF][PDF] Are common childhood or adolescent infections risk factors for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders?

IB Hickie, R Banati, CH Stewart, AR Lloyd - Medical journal of Australia, 2009 - mja.com.au
The Medical Journal of Australia Page 1 MJA • Volume 190 Number 4 • 16 February 2009
S17 PATHWAYS TO SCHIZOPHRENIA The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X …

Neonatal infection with neurotropic influenza A virus affects working memory and expression of type III Nrg1 in adult mice

L Asp, S Beraki, K Kristensson, SO Ögren… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies suggest that early life infections may contribute to the development
of psychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive deficits. Here, we studied the effects of a …

Cytokines, immunity and schizophrenia with emphasis on underlying neurochemical mechanisms

N Müller, MJ Schwarz - The neuroimmunological basis of behavior and …, 2009 - Springer
This overview presents a hypothesis to bridge the gap between psychoneuroimmunological
findings and recent results from pharmacological, neurochemical and genetic studies in …