Infectious behavior : brain-immune connections in autism, schizophrenia, and depression /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.