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Biochemistry of Schizophrenia and Addiction

In Search of a Common Factor

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Gwynneth Hemmings

    1. The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain, UK

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Pathogenesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The role of a prostaglandin E1 deficiency in schizophrenia: interactions with dopamine and opiates

      • D. F. Horrobin, M. S. Manku, M. Oka, S. C. Cunnane
      Pages 3-17

    3. The pathogenesis of schizophrenia

      • T. J. Crow
      Pages 19-38

    4. Opiates, opioid peptides and their possible relevance to schizophrenia

      • J. F. W. Deakin
      Pages 39-51

    5. The possible actions of peptides with opioid activity derived from pepsin hydrolysates of wheat gluten and of other constituents of gluten in the function of the central nervous system

      • W. A. Klee, C. Zioudrou
      Pages 53-76

    6. Preliminary studies of the identification of brain peptides in relation to the genesis and expression of schizophrenia

      • H. R. Morris, A. Dell, A. T. Etienne
      Pages 77-84

    7. The role of the dopamine system in schizophrenia

      • C. W. Abell
      Pages 85-94

  3. Immunology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. The relevance of immunopathology to research into schizophrenia

      • A. M. Denman
      Pages 97-109

    3. Some connections between immunoglobulins and schizophrenia

      • E. Pulkkinen
      Pages 111-124

    4. Antibodies to wheat proteins in schizophrenia: relationship or coincidence?

      • W. Th. J. M. Hekkens, A. J. M. Schipperijn, D. L. J. Freed
      Pages 125-133

    5. The effects of hormones on immune responses

      • J. A. Mcintyre, W. Page Faulk
      Pages 135-152

    6. Binding of chlorpromazine and HLA-A1 antibodies to human lymphocyte membranes

      • M. Donner, J. N. Mehrishi
      Pages 153-163

    7. The possible role of prostaglandin E1 deficiency in the immunological abnormalities seen in schizophrenia

      • D. F. Horrobin
      Pages 165-168

    8. Immunological reaction of psychotic patients to fractions of gluten

      • A. Ashkenazi, D. Krasilowsky, S. Levin, D. Idar, M. Kalian, A. Or et al.
      Pages 169-176
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About this book

The main theme of this book concems the relationship, if any, between and addietion. Are they linked biochemieally? Is there a schizophrenia common factor for all addietions? We need to know whether the chemis­ try of addiction can help clarify the biochemistry of schizophrenia and vice versa. There is much anecdotal evidence that many sufferers from schizophrenia are addieted to smoking, are adversely affected by even small amounts of alcohol and do have their schizophrenie illness wor­ sened by street drugs. We would urge our readers to try to find correla­ tions between some of the findings described here on the biology of schizophrenia and what they read in the up-to-date chapters on addie­ tions. We would like to thank all the authors for the excellence of their work and for their cooperation and understanding of our needs and also, for the second time this year, to thank MTP Press for their willingness to pub­ lish a perhaps somewhat provocative book. We thank them for their humanity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain, UK

    Gwynneth Hemmings

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biochemistry of Schizophrenia and Addiction

  • Book Subtitle: In Search of a Common Factor

  • Editors: Gwynneth Hemmings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8706-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: MTP Press Limited 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8708-1Published: 04 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8706-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 344

  • Topics: Psychiatry

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