3rd Symposium on the Neurovirology and Neuroimmunology of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder – October 23-25, 1997
Session I: Presentations From the Stanley Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Abstract | Presenter |
Description of the Stanley Neuropathology Program | E. Fuller Torrey |
Individual Variations of Proten Species and Levels in Human Frontal Cortices: A Preliminary Study of Protein Variation Between Mentally Ill and Unaffected Individuals | Nancy L. Johnston |
Viral and Virus-Associated RNA Transcripts Are Differentially Expressed in the Brains of Individuals with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder | Frances Yee |
Serial Analysis of Gene Expression of Brain Tissue From Individuals with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder | Yeping Sun |
Epidemiologic Correlates of Interleukin-2 Receptor in Postmortem CSF and Sera of Individuals with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder | Linda D. Bobo |
Spinophilin: Alterations In A Postsynaptic Marker in Schizophrenia | Indra Dé |
Screening for Viral Nucleic Acid Sequences in CSF and Brain Tissue Obtained Post Mortem from Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder | Håkan Karlsson |
PCR Methods for Differential Display of Retroviral LTR Sequences Using tRNA Binding Sites and DNA Binding Motifs of Transcription Factors as Primers | Raphael P. Viscidi |
Session II: Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Viral Infection and Neuropshychiatric Diseases
Protein Kinase C Signaling Cascade and Bipolar Disorder: Therapeutic Implications | Husseini K. Manji |
Herpes Simplex Virus Latent Infection of the Central Nervous System | Richard B. Tenser |
Identification of a Herpes Simplex Virus Genetic Element Involved Neurovirulence | Jeng-Yang Ling |
Systemic Infection Alters Neurotrophic Factor mRNA | John H. Gilmore |
Apoptosis in the CNS of TMEV-Infected SLJ Mice | Emilia L. Oleszak |
Cathecholaminergic Transmission During Newcastle Disease Virus Infection in Chicks | Valluru Lokantha |
Session III: Methods for the Measurement of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Modulation of CNS Gene Expression by Mood Stabilizing Agents | Husseini K. Manji |
Gene Expression Discovery System (GEDSSM): A Fluorescent Differential Display Methodology for Rapid Expression Survey and Analysis of Nearly All Genes | Babak Azad |
Genomic Differential Display: An Alternative to Positional Cloning | Cassandra Smith |
Analysis of Brain Proteins by 2-Dimensional Electrophoresis | N. Leigh Anderson |
Session IV: Posters
Identification of Differentially Expressed Messages From The Postmortem Brains of Schizophrenic and Bipolar Individuals | Nancy L. Johnston |
Correlation of Epidemiologic and Pathologic Variables with IL-2 Cytokine, IL-2 Receptor and Quinolinic Acid Levels of Individuals with Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Unipolar Depression or Normal Controls | Jose D. Palton-Ortiz |
Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Levels in Families of Patients With Schizophrenia | Fiona Gaughran |
Inducible-Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) and Nitrotyrosine are Found in Acute But Not in Chronic Multiple Sclerosis Lesions | Emilia L. Oleszak |
Postnatal Herpes Simplex Virus TYpe 1 Encephalitis Affects Adults Sensorimotor Gating Function in Rats | Jorgen A. Engel |
CMV Infection | Lorraine Brando |
Calcium-Channel Dysfunction in Hippocampal Neurons Induced by Mumps Virus Infection | Krister Kristensson |
Hytothalamus-Hypophysis Pathology in Young Suicide Victims | Z. Srebo |
Schizotypy and Leadership: A Contrasting Model for the Deficit Symptoms: A Role for Sex Hormonal Dysgenesis? | A.G. Alias |
Schizophrenia, Affective Disorders and Infantile Autism: Ultrastructural Alterations in Platelets | Sequndo Mesa |
Stiff-Man Syndrome: Results of Interview and Psychologic Testing | John L. Black |
Session V: Plenary Speaker
What Epidemiology Can Tell About Multiple Sclerosis | John F. Kurtzke |
Session VI: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Human Neuropsychiatric Diseases
Prenatal Infection and Affective Disorders: A Tale of Two Viruses | Alan S. Brown |
Seasonal Influences on First Admission of Schizophrenia and Affective Disorder In An Irish National Sample | Mary Clarke |
Characterization of Retroviral Sequences Isolated from Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Schizophrenia Using Representational Difference Analysis (RDA) | Shiva M. Singh |
Epidemic Stealth Virus Infection | W. John Martin |
Possible Antibody Cross-Reactivity Between Retroviral and Brain Antigens | Darrenn J. Hart |
Epilepsy and Schizophrenia: Alternative Responses to Brain Injury, Infection on Maldevelopment: Are Ever Larger Sample Sizes and Metanalyses Muddying the Water? | Janice R. Stevens |
Session VII: Autoimmunity and Psychiatric Diseases
Correlation of IL-2 Receptor Levels in CSF of Individuals With Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Unipolar Depression or Normal Controls With Immunohistochemical Localization in th Brain | Maree Webster |
Identical T-Cell Receptor Transcripts Are Clonally Expanded in CNS of THEV-Infected Mice With Early Acute & Late Chronic Demyelinating Disease | Emelia L. Oleszak |
Session VIII: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Borna Virus Infection
Borna Disease Virus Infection: Pathogenesis, Disease and Diagnosis in Experimentally and Naturally Infected Species | Lothar Stitz |
Detection and Sequence Analysis of Borna Disease Virus P24 RNA From Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patietns With Major Depression and Schizophrenia | Yashuhide Iwata |
Borna Disease Virus Genomes in Autopsy Brain Samples From Control and Schizophrenia in Japan | Kazuhiko Ikeda |
Nuclear Targeting Activity Associated With The Amino-Terminus of Borna Diseae Virus Nucleoprotein | Masahiko Kishi |
Nuclear Localization of the Protein From the ORFx1 of the Borna Disease Virus | Tahir H. Malik |
Evolution of the Immune Response in the Central Nervous System Following Infection with Borna Disease Virus | Carolyn G. Hatalski |
Humoral Immunity in the Central Nervous System of Rats Infected with Borna Disease Virus | Mady Hornig |
T Cell Response to Borna Virus in Psychiatric Patient | Koji Fukuda |
The Quagmire of BDV Diagnostic Tests | Kathryn M. Carbone |
Session IX: Plenary Speaker and Closing
Childhood C.N.S. Infections and Adult Onset Psychosis | Peter Jones |
What We Know About the Epidemiology of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder | E. Fuller Torrey |
Summary and Conclusions | Robert H. Yolken |