Infectious behavior : brain-immune connections in autism, schizophrenia, and depression
Title:
Infectious behavior : brain-immune connections in autism, schizophrenia, and depression
Author:
Patterson, Paul H.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xiv, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary:
Studies the possible interplay between the brain, immune system, and mental illnesses; how the discrepancies in the immune system can affect pregnant women and their fetuses; and the pros and cons of child vaccinations.
Language:
English
Contents:
Fever and madness -- Brain-immune connections, stress, and depression -- The battleground of the fetal-maternal environment -- Prenatal origins of adult health and disease -- Infections and behavior -- Animal models of autism, schizophrenia, and depression? -- Immune involvement in autism, schizophrenia and depression -- Pre- and postnatal vaccination : risks and benefits -- Reasons for optimism -- Perspectives.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9780262016452
9780262525343
Format :
Book
