The identification of anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis about 12 years ago made it
possible to recognise that some patients with rapidly progressive psychiatric symptoms or …

Microglia are so versatile that they not only provide immune surveillance for central nervous
system, but participate in neural circuitry development, brain blood vessels formation, blood …

Microglia are embryonically seeded macrophages that contribute to brain development,
homeostasis, and pathologies. It is thus essential to decipher how microglial properties are …

BackgroundPrevious research suggests an increase in schizophrenia population
attributable risk fraction (PARF) for cannabis use disorder (CUD). However, sex and age …

Many common illnesses, for reasons that have not been identified, differentially affect men
and women. For instance, the autoimmune diseases systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

Schizophrenia is a disorder with a heterogeneous etiology involving complex interplay
between genetic and environmental risk factors. The immune system is now known to play …

Over the past decade, our understanding of the role of stress in serious mental illness has
become more sophisticated. In this paper, we revisit the neural diathesis-stress model of …

Defining the environmental context in which genes enhance disease susceptibility can
provide insight into the pathogenesis of complex disorders. We report that the intra-uterine …

Many sex and gender differences in schizophrenic psychoses have been reported, but few
have been soundly replicated. A stable finding is the later age of onset in women compared …

An extensive literature regarding gender differences relevant to several aspects of
schizophrenia is nowadays available. It includes some robust findings as well as some …