Current update in psychoimmunology [lectures held at the International Expert Meeting "Current Update on Psychoimmunology" (September 26 - 28, 1996, Graz, Austria)

This book tries to close the gap between immunological findings on the one hand, psychological, psychopathological, electrophysiological and neuroimaging aspetcs on the other. It deals with the issue of "cause and effect” (of immunological alternatives) in different organic and/or mental disorders, and emphasizes the necessity of considering a variety of treatment strategies. There are dynamic interactions and several important similarities between the immune system and the central nervous system, which help to lay the rational basis for "psychoimmunology”. Both systems have the capacity for memory and both play vital roles in adaptation and defence. Furthermore, in each system pathological changes can occur in the event of inappropriate responses to internal or external stimuli, leading to psychiatric as well as organic illnesses and autoimmune diseases could also arise as a consequence of dysfunction respectively maladaptation. "... this book is a good way to approach the field of psychoimmunology, and shows that scientists are very active in this domain ...” Acta Neurologica Belgica Front Matter....Pages i-viii Psychoneuroimmunology and neuroendocrinology — an integrative view....Pages 1-12 The role of the autonomous nervous system in the dialogue between the brain and immune system....Pages 13-21 Analysis of Gene Expression of Human Brain....Pages 23-27 New trends in neuropsychiatry: polyimmunotherapy—A new way of treatment in neurology and psychiatry. The 5S-7S Tilz protocol and the antigen clearing deficiency syndromes....Pages 29-34 Immunological alterations in three types of schizophrenia....Pages 35-38 Cytokine abnormalities in schizophrenia: a review of their pathogenic significance, with particular reference to the autoimmune hypothesis....Pages 39-49 Relationship between immune and behavioral measures in schizophrenia....Pages 51-55 Immunomodulatory Effects of Neuroleptics to the Cytokine System and the Cellular Immune System in Schizophrenia....Pages 57-67 Cytokines in schizophrenia. Results from a longitudinal study....Pages 69-77 Psychoimmunology, anxiety disorders and TMJ-disorders....Pages 79-83 Immunological alterations and neuropsychiatry symptoms: antimicroglia antibodies and psychopathological subgroups in Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 85-92 Platelet Antibodies In Mental Disorder....Pages 93-97 Plasma Levels of Interleukin 1 β and Interleukin 6 in Mental Disorders....Pages 99-102 Effects of cytokines on human EEG and sleep....Pages 103-118 Role of Cingulate Gyrus during Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: A Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (Spect) Study....Pages 119-123 An analysis of psychoimmunology. It examines psychoneuroimmunology and neuroendocrinology, immunological aspects in mental disorders and Alzheimers disease, anxiety disorders and TMJ-disorders, and effects of cytokines on human EEG and sleep.