Involvement of Neuroinflammatory Processes in Psychiatric Conditions
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 320
Special Issue Editor
2. Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), 30120 Murcia, Spain
Interests: biomedical science; molecular neuroscience; neuropharmacology; neurobiology; behavioral pharmacology; brain anatomy; brain connectivity; neuroimmunology; learning and memory; drug addiction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Psychiatric disorders alter an individual's cognition, emotional regulation or behavior, and constitute a major socioeconomic and health burden worldwide. For a long time, the impairments underlying psychiatric disorders were considered to affect neuronal cells exclusively. Nonetheless, neuroinflammation is nowadays gaining attention as a pivotal factor in mental conditions. This dynamic process encompasses, microglial and astrocytic alterations, and cytokine and chemokine fluctuations within the central nervous system, among other mechanisms, known to modulate learning and memory, motivation and behavior, amidst other functions. Exploring inflammatory alterations in key brain areas associated with these conditions could serve for the identification of new biomarkers useful for the prevention and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, as well as for the development of effective neuromodulation therapies.
Lead by Dr. Cristina Núñez and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Victoria Gomez-Murcia (University of Murcia & Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)), this Special Issue will be centered on the neuroinflammatory aspects of mental conditions in a broad context, including biochemical, genetic, morphological or functional aspects, but also various interventions for their treatment that alleviate inflammatory processes in the brain. Continued research at the intersection of neuroinflammation and psychiatry will contribute to both prevent and provide precise diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to address neuropsychiatric disorders.
Dr. Cristina Núñez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neuroinflammation
- glia
- chemokine
- cytokine
- psychiatry disorder
- motivation
- learning
- behavior
- mental illness
- psychopharmacology
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