2nd Symposium on the Neurovirology and Neuroimmunology of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

2nd

Symposium on the Neurovirology and Neuroimmunology of Schizophrenia and Bipolar

Disorder – Nov. 1996

Session

I: The Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University

Abstract Speaker
Overview of

the Stanley Laboratory Program-Do We Really Think That Infections Can Cause

Human Psychiatric Diseases

Robert Yolken
Viral and

Virus-Related RNA Transcripts Are Differentially Expressed In the Brains of

Individuals with Schizophrenia

Frances Yee
Correlation

of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder with Cytokine and Cytokine Receptors

in Ventricular Fluids and Postmortem Brain Tissue

Linda Bobo
Measurement

of RNA from 89 Postmortem Human Brains: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis

of Pre- and Post Mortem Effects on the Yields of GAPdH As Measured by RT-PCR

Nancy

Johnston

Detection of

Viral Particles in Glial Cells Inoculated with Brain Tissue From Individuals

with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease

Indra Dé
Serial

Analysis of Gene Expression of Human Brain Tissue

Yeping Sun

Genomic

Differential Display Enriched for Retroviral LTR Sequences

Raphael Viscidi

Session II: Other

Neurological and Infectious Diseases–What Can Be Applied to the Understanding

of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease

Molecular

Biology of ALzheimer’s Disease

Sangram S.

Sisodia

Genetics of

Huntington’s Disease: Lessons for Psychiatry

Christopher

Ross

Trypanosoma

Brucei Dysregulates the Mammalian Circadian Clock

Krister S.

Kristensson

Cytomegalovirus and Post-Transplant Arteriosclerosis

Lorraine V.

Brando

Virological

Aspects of Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 Disease

Shizuku Sei
DNA

Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Environmentally Acquired

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Larisa

Cervenakova

Association

of HHV-6 and Multiple Sclerosis

Steven

Jacobson

Higher

Frequency of Human Herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) Antibody in Cerebral Spinal Fluids

and Sera from Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Dharam V.

Ablashi

Session III: Posters

Susceptibility of Human Macrophages to Coronavirus OC43

Arlene

Collins

Investigation

of Insertional Mutagenesis of “Retroid” Elements in the Human Genome with

Reference to Schizophrenia

Paromita Deb
Neonatal

Infection Increases Neurotrophic Factor mRNA

John H.

Gilmore

The Incidence

and Prevalence of Bipolar Affective Disorder in Jamaica

Frederick W.

Hickling

Comparison of

cDNA Libraries From the Brains of Normal and Schizophrenic Individuals Show

That An Unusually High Number of Novel Sequences are Present in the Brain of

the Schizophrenic Individual

Nancy

Johnston

The

Application and Adaptation of Representational Difference Analysis in the

Evaluation of Retroviral Hypothesis for Schizophrenia

Timothy A.

Klempan

A Pilot Study

of Cytokine and Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Levels in Symptomatic Bipolar

Patients

Mark H.

Rapaport

Effect of

HTLV-1 Virus, INF-Υ and Quin Precursors

on Quin Response in Cultured Human Monocytes and Macrophages

Chettemgere

Venkateshan

Session IV: Infections

and Human Psychiatric Diseases

Measles Virus

Invasion Through Limbic Structures in Mice Disrupted Gene for the Transporer

Associated with Antigen Presentation

Erling Norrby
Psychosis

After Prenatal Exposure to Rubella

Alan S. Brown
Rates of

Flu-Like Illness in Patients with Affective Disorders

Mady

Hornig-Rohan

Instability

of SCMV-Derived Stealth Viral Genome

W. John

Martin

PANDAS: Is

There a New “Species” of Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders?

Susan Swedo
The Immune

Response in the Disruption of Hippocampal GABA Circuits Following Neonatal

Infection with Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)

Brad D.

Pearce

Session V: Immunology

and Pathology of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease

Evidence of

Differences in Immune Function in Older & Younger Schizophrenic Patients: Is

This Age Or A Function of Severity of Illness

Mark H.

Rapaport

Antibodies to

Neural Tissue Proteins in Schizophrenic Patients

Pinkhas

Sirota

The Role of

Immune Measures in Psychosis and Stress Sensitivity in Schizophrenia

Daniel P. van

Kammen

The Role of

Cytokines in Untreated and Treated Childhood Onset Schizophrenia

Barbara B.

Mittleman

Interleukin-6

Sensitizes Rats to the Locomotor-Activating Effects of Amphetamine

Steve Zalcman
PPARδ

And Its Potential Involvement in Schizophrenia

Guoqiang Xing
Deteaction

and Quantitation of Genomic Differences in Microsatellites of Monozgotic

Twins

Cassandra L.

Smith

Characterization of Disease Processes and Pharmaceutical Mechanisms Through

Quantitative High-Throughput 2-D Electrophoresis

N. L. 

Anderson

A New

PCR-Based DNA Fingerprinting Method: AFLP

Jhy-Jhu Lin
Do The

Anatomy and Course of Schizophrenia Assist In The Seach for Etiology?

Janice R.

Stevens

Session VI: 

Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Borna Disease

Borna Disease

Virus in Psychiatric Disease

Kathryn

Carbone

Borna Disease

Virus in Humans

Juan C. de la

Torre

Borna Disease

Virus Serology In a First Episode Schizophrenia Cohort

Royce W.

Waltrip II

Prevalence of 

Borna Disease Virus RNA in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells From Patients

With Affective Disorders

Masahiko

Kishi

Is Active

Borna Disease Virus Infection Really A Contributor to Human Psychiatric

Disorders?

D. Craig

Hooper

Neural

Development Patterns in Rats Infected with Borna Disease Virus As Neonates

Joanne M.

Pyper

Sesssion VII: Plenary

Speaker and Closing

The Molecular

Biology and Genetics of Prion Diseases: A Journey From Heresy to Orthodoxy

Stanley P.

Prusiner

Where Have We

Been and Where Are We Going: Risk Factors and Future Directions

E. Fuller

Torrey

Closing

Comments

Robert H.

Yolken