Belangrijkste punten:
2. Geconcludeerd wordt dat een goed functionerend glutamaat-systeem essentieel is voor het functioneren van het dopamine- en het serotonine systeem.
Trefwoorden: Schizofrenie, dopamine, serotonine, glutamaat, dysbindine, neureguline, mRNA, Herpes Simplex.
English Schizophrenia seen in the perspective of ICD and ICF.
Most important points:
1. The most important patho-physiological processes - as far as known- at the level of neurons and networks in schizophrenia are summarised.
2. The conclusion is made, that a well-functioning glutamate-system is essential to the functioning of the dopamine- and serotonin systems.
3. The symptoms of schizophrenia may explained from the poorly functioning dopamine-, serotonin- and glutamate systems as disturbances of functions, abilities and activitiesw like defined in ICD and ICF.
4. The poorly functioning of the glutamate system seems to be the cause of the poorly functioning of all other processes; this on its turn seems to be caused by an absent or low production of the NR1 protein, which is an essential component of the glutamate receptor.
5. A hypothesis about this absent or reduced production is formulated: a virus could very well interfere with the production of this protein. The herpes simplex virus is a good candidate hereby. This hypothesis is elaborated on in the next section.
Key-words: Schizophrenia, dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, dysbindin neuregulin, mRNA, Herpes Simplex. .
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