Brain Protection in Schizophrenia, Mood and Cognitive Disorders

Chapter 1 Brain Protection in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Past, Present and Future Challenges

Chapter 2 Towards a New Paradigm in Neuroprotection and Neuroplasticity

Chapter 3 What Protects Patients with Schizophrenia from Developing Alzheimer Pathology?

Chapter 4 Assessing In Vivo Neurodegeneration in Schizophrenia Using Magnetic Resonance

Chapter 5 Vulnerability of the Brain to Neuropsychiatric Disorders Resulting from Abnormal Thyroid Hormone or Vitamin D Homeostasis

Chapter 6 Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Glycogen Synthase Kinase and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signalling Cascades in Neuronal Cell Survival: What the Neurotrophins Have Taught Us and Implications For Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Chapter 7 One-Compound-Multi-Targets at Amyloid β Cascade Offered By Bis(7)-Cognitin, a Novel Anti-Alzheimer’s Dimer

Chapter 8 Common Pathways to Neurodegeneration and Co-morbid Depression

Chapter 9 Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Stress Alters Cognitive Dysfunction and Induces Brain Pathology: New Perspectives for Neuroprotective Strategies

Chapter 10 Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration: An Inevitable Consequence of Aging? Implications for Therapy

Chapter 11 Carbon Nanotubes as Electrical Interfaces with Neurons

Chapter 12 Is a Neuroprotective Therapy Suitable for Schizophrenia Patients?

Chapter 13 Recombinant Human Erythropoietin: Novel Approach to Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration in Schizophrenia

Chapter 14 Neuroprotective Agents in Mood Disorders: Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Implications

Chapter 15 Neuroprotection in Bipolar Depression

Chapter 16 New Antiepileptic Drugs in Neuropsychiatric Disorders – Basic Mechanisms Related to Clinical Efficacy

Chapter 17 The Neuroprotective Efficacy of Vitamins

Chapter 18 Smoking and Mental Disorders: Focus on Neuroprotection

Chapter 19 Inhibition of Glycine Transporter-1 Improves the Functional Outcome of Schizophrenia

Chapter 20 The Role of Oxytocin in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Concepts and Mechanisms

Chapter 21 Neuromodulation for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Novel Techniques -Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, and Deep Brain Stimulation