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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING IN BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Dec 8; [Epub ahead of print] Schretlen DJ, Cascella NG, Meyer SM, Kingery LR, Testa SM, Munro CA, Pulver AE, Rivkin P, Rao VA, Diaz-Asper CM, Dickerson FB, Yolken RH, Pearlson GD. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. ABSTRACT: …

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BRAIN MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO HSV1 IN FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA Mol Psychiatry 12(1):105-113, 2007 Prasad KM, Shirts BH, Yolken RH, Keshavan MS, Nimgaonkar VL Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. [email protected] ABSTRACT: Infectious agents have been proposed as one of the risk …

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TOXOPLASMA GONDII AS A RISK FACTOR FOR EARLY-ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA: ANALYSIS OF FILTER PAPER BLOOD SAMPLES OBTAINED AT BIRTH Biol Psychiatry 2007;61:688-693 Preben Bo Mortensen, Bent Nørgaard-Pedersen, Berit Lindum Waltoft, Tina L. Sørensen, David Hougaard, E. Fuller Torrey, and Robert H. Yolken ABSTRACT Background: Infections during fetal life or neonatal period, including infections with Toxoplasma gondii, …

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PUBLICATIONS (2016 – 2017) A difficult decision: Atypical JC polyomavirus encephalopathy in a kidney transplant recipient Bialasiewicz S, Hart G, Oliver K, Agnihotri SP, Koralnik IJ, Viscidi R, Nissen MD, Sloots TP, Burke MT, Isbel NM, Burke J. Transplantation. 2016 Jun 30 Analysis of microbiota in first episode psychosis identifies preliminary associations with symptom severity …

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TOXOPLASMA GONDII AND SCHIZOPHRENIA Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, No. 11, November 2003 E. Fuller Torrey and Robert H. Yolken ABSTRACT: Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that infectious agents may contribute to some cases of schizophrenia. In animals, infection with Toxoplasma gondii can alter behavior and neurotransmitter function. In humans, acute infection with T gondii can …

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Analysis of Gene Expression of Human Brain Y. Sun, R. Yolken and the Stanley Neuropathology Consortium The Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287   Normal cell functions are dictated by well regulated patterns of gene expression. Any insult that causes aberrant gene expression will disturb the …

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1st SYMPOSIUM ON THE NEUROVIROLOGY AND NEUROIMMUNOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER AGENDA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1995 8:00: Continental Breakfast/Sign In 8:30: Welcome and Introduction. Robert H. Yolken, M.D., Director, Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 8:40: Viruses and Psychiatric Disease–Does the Connection Make Sense? Robert H. Yolken. SESSION I: …

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NEUROANATOMIC AND COGNITIVE ABNORMALITIES RELATED TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 IN SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophr Res. 2010 May;118(1-3):224-31 Schretlen DJ, Vannorsdall TD, Winicki JM, Mushtaq Y, Hikida T, Sawa A, Yolken RH, Dickerson FB, Cascella NG Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. [email protected] ABSTRACT: Herpes simplex …

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HIGHER FREQUENCY OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6 (HHV-6) ANTIBODY IN CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUIDS AND SERA FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS DV Ablashi1, 2, J Richert1, JE Whitman2, G Pearson1 1Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC 20007; 2Advanced Biotechnologies Inc, Columbia, MD 21046 Recently Challoner et al 1995, reported the presence of HHV-6 in plaques from patients with multiple …

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