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Epigenetic Studies of Genomic Retroelements in Major Psychosis

Pei-Xiang Kan, Violeta Popendikyte, Zachary A. Kaminsky, Robert H. Yolken, Arturas Petronis Schizophrenia Research 67 (2004) 95-106 Abstract This work is dedicated to the exploration of the role of epigenetic (epiG) factors in major psychosis.  One of the key functions of epigenetic modification of the genome of eukaryotic cells is to suppress transcriptional activity of

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Association Between Cognitive Functioning and Employment Status of Persons With  Bipolar Disorder

Association Between Cognitive Functioning and Employment Status of Persons With  Bipolar Disorder FB Dickerson, JJ Boronow, CR Stallings, AE Origoni, S Cole, RH Yolken Psychiatr Serv 2004 Jan;55(1):54-8 OBJECTIVE:  The purpose of this study was to identify variables associated with employment status among persons with bipolar disorder, including cognitive functioning, severity of symptoms, demographic variables,

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Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Is Associated with Cognitive Deficits in Bipolar Disorder

Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Is Associated with Cognitive Deficits in Bipolar Disorder Faith B. Dickerson, John J. Boronow, Cassie Stallings, Andrea E. Origoni, Sara Cole, Bogdana Krivogorsky, and Robert H. Yolken Biol Psychiatry 2004;55:588-593 Background:    In a previous investigation, we found an association between reduced cognitive functioning and the prevalence of antibodies

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE STANLEY LABORATORY OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CLICK TITLE TO READ ABSTRACT Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Is Associated with Cognitive Deficits in Bipolar Disorder Expression of the Kynurenine Pathway Enzyme Tryptophan 2,3-dioxgenase Is Increased in the Frontal Cortex of Individuals with Schizophrenia Epigenetic Studies of Genomic Retroelements in

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Mol Psychiatry 2000 Mr

Mol Psychiatry 2000 Mr;5(2):142-9 Disease-Specific Alterations in Frontal Cortex Brain Proteins In Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder. The Stanley Neuropathology Consortium Johnston-Wilson NL, Sims CD, Hofmann JP, Anderson L, Shore AD, Torrey EF, Yolken RH   Severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive are brain diseases of unknown origin. 

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3rd Symposium on the Neurovirology and Neuroimmunology of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

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

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Expression of the Kynurenine Pathway Enzyme Tryptophan 2

Expression of the Kynurenine Pathway Enzyme Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase Is Increased in the Frontal Cortex of Individuals with Schizophrenia CL Miller, IC Llenos, JR Dulay, MM Barillo, RH Yolken, S Weis Neurobiol Dis 2004 Apr;15(3):618-29 Abstract Markers of the kynurenine pathway weare studied in postmortem frontal cortex obtained from individuals with schizophrenia and controls.  Quantitative endpoint

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Reduced Prevalence of Psychoses in Genetic Isolate?

REDUCED PREVALENCE OF PSYCHOSES IN A GENETEIC ISOLATE? Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, Mrinal Dutta, Joel Wood, Koren Gentry, Selma Maendel and Joseph W. Eaton* UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA This study reports on the prevalence of functional and organic psychoses among the Hutterites, a religious group residing in agrarian communities in Manitoba. Data was obtained anonymously from a

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