NEUROVIROLOGY AND NEUROIMMUNOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

这个神经病毒学和神经免疫学项目的重点是获得 精神分裂症和其他疾病发病机制的证据 神经精神疾病可能是一个传染性的过程，涉及 病毒剂和/或涉及中枢神经的自身免疫反应 系统组织自身抗体。所使用的技术涉及 特定蛋白质的定量，包括免疫球蛋白 脑脊液(CSF)对培养淋巴细胞的顺序刺激 为了识别潜伏的逆转录病毒感染，使用聚合酶链 用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)鉴定少量病毒基因组 死后脑组织中DNA和淋巴细胞的检测 亚群。

This neurovirology and neuroimmunology project is focused on obtaining evidence that the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric illnesses may be an infectious process, involving either a viral agent and/or an autoimmune reaction involving central nervous system tissue autoantibodies. The techniques used involve the quantification of specific proteins, including immunoglobulins, in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), stimulation of cultured lymphocytes in order to identify latent retroviral infection, the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in an effort to identify small quantities of viral genomic DNA in postmortem brain tissue, and the assessment of lymphocyte subpopulations.