[Cytokines and psychiatry].
This short review address the concept of cytokine and cytokine families, their relationship with CNS, cytokine effects on nervous system (namely, sickness behavior) and the cellular source of brain cytokines. In addition, it provides selected data on the role of cytokines in mental disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and AIDS-related dementia.
Guereño
M Teresa
MT
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. farmaco@fmed.uba.ar
Diez
Roberto A
RA
D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000276:immunology; D012803:Sick Role
D016207:Cytokines; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine