Infectious behavior : brain-immune connections in autism, schizophrenia, and depression / Paul H. Patterson.

  • Patterson, Paul H.
Date:
[2011], ©2011
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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xiv, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Contributors

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FE /PAT
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ISBN

  • 9780262016452
  • 0262016451