Overview
- Provides a comprehensive summary of the scientific evidence regarding the role of immune system in the pathogenesis and treatment of schizophrenia and related psychoses
- Covers both basic science and clinical research
- Supplies valuable recommendations for clinical practice and testable hypotheses for future research
Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (CTBN, volume 44)
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This book provides a comprehensive summary of the cutting edge scientific evidence regarding the role of immune system in the pathogenesis and treatment of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. It illustrates the role of inflammation and immunity in schizophrenia drawing on both basic science and clinical research. The chapters provide up-to-date summaries of immunological risk factors for schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, and underlying mechanisms as informed by neuroimaging, genetic, clinical and animal experimental studies. In addition, the book will illuminate the scope for immunological treatment for schizophrenia.
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neuroinflammation and Schizophrenia
Editors: Golam M. Khandaker, Urs Meyer, Peter B. Jones
Series Title: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39141-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39140-9Published: 23 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39143-0Published: 23 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-39141-6Published: 22 January 2020
Series ISSN: 1866-3370
Series E-ISSN: 1866-3389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 244
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Immunology, Psychiatry