Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Cytokines Research: An Overview

• Published in: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 359 - 365
• Main Author: MALEK-AHMADI, PARVIZ
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1996; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Diseases - metabolism; Cytokines; Cytokines - physiology; Immune system – Central nervous system – Neuroglia – Cytokine receptors – Neuropsychiatric disorders; Medical sciences; Neuropsychological Tests; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Receptors, Cytokine - physiology; Cytokines; Human; Neuropsychiatry; Central nervous system; Cytokine; Review; Neurological disorder; Brain (vertebrata); Biological receptor; Immune system
• ISSN: 0149-7634; 1873-7528
• DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(95)00056-9

MALEK-AHMADI, P. Neuropsychiatric aspects of cytokines research: An overview. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV 20(3)359–365, 1996.—Cytokines are a group of proteins primarily synthesized by various immune cells. They have multiple functions within the immune system and have been implicated in a number of disease states. There is growing evidence that some cytokines are also synthesized in the central nervous system. Taking into consideration that some cytokines are also capable of inducing behavioral effects, it has been suggested that cytokines may play a role in some psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.