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The historical development of immunoendocrine concepts of psychiatric disorders and their therapy
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Steinberg, H and Kirkby, KC and Himmerich, H, The historical development of immunoendocrine concepts of psychiatric disorders and their therapy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16, (12) pp. 28841-28869. ISSN 1422-0067 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3390/ijms161226136
Abstract
Relationships between the central nervous, immune and endocrine systems are a focus of psychiatric research, particularly in depression and schizophrenia. The field has long antecedents. Observed phenomena attributable to these relationships date back to the Neolithic era. Immunoendocrine theories in the broadest sense are recorded in antiquity. In the 19th century, Kraepelin and Wagner-Jauregg reported pioneering clinical observations in psychiatric patients. Von Basedow, Addison and Cushing described psychiatric symptoms in patients suffering from endocrine diseases. The 20th century opened with the identification of hormones, the first, adrenaline, chemically isolated independently by Aldrich und Takamine in 1901. Berson and Yalow developed the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique in 1959 making it possible to measure levels of hormones and cytokines. These developments have enabled great strides in psychoimmunoendocrinology. Contemporary research is investigating diagnostic and therapeutic applications of these concepts, for example by identifying biomarkers within the endocrine and immune systems and by synthesizing and testing drugs that modulate these systems and show antidepressant or antipsychotic properties.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | immune system, cytokines, hormones, depression, schizophrenia, history of psychiatry |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Kirkby, KC (Professor Kenneth Kirkby) |
ID Code: | 105117 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 6 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2015-12-08 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
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