Schizophrenia and CRP meta-analysed again

" Our study provides evidence that higher CRP  [ C-reactive protein ]  levels are associated with increased risk of SZ  [ schizophrenia...

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The inflammatory effects of unemployment?

" Our study demonstrates that systemic inflammation is associated with an important but little-studied aspect of the social environmen...

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Maternal pregnancy CRP levels and offspring autistic traits

Elevated levels of inflammatory markers present during pregnancy have been linked to quite a few labels and diagnoses down the years. Schizo...

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The neuropathology linking T. gondii infection and schizophrenia?

A quote to begin: " findings suggest that T gondii  [ Toxoplasma gondii ]  infection causes substantial and widespread immune activatio...

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Schizophrenia and CRP meta-analysed

" CRP  [ C-reactive protein ]  levels were moderately increased in persons with SZ  [ schizophrenia ]  regardless of the use of antipsy...

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Schizophrenia and C-reactive protein

Discussions on the various studies hinting at a possible connection between inflammation (however you wish to define this) and autism, at l...

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sPECAM pie and school-aged autism

I've talked about adhesion molecules with autism in mind before on this blog ( see here ). In that entry it was some interesting data ou...

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