Neuroinflammation in Schizophrenia

neuroinflammation schizophrenia microglial

Authors

  • Feytie Magda Mawey Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia; Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia; West Papua Provincial Health Office and Hospital, West Papua, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Azimatul Karimah
    azimatul.karimah@fk.unair.ac.id
    Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia; Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Erlyn Limoa Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Nazmuddin Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, Indonesia
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): May
Literature Review
May 31, 2021

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Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating mental illness. In many aspects, the neuropathology of schizophrenia is closely associated with neuroinflammation, especially microglial activation. Microglial hyperactivity, which is characterized by the predominant release of proinflammatory cytokines serves as the basis of the neuroinflammation hypothesis in schizophrenia. The enhanced inflammatory induce neuronal susceptibility to oxidative stress and trigger, glutamatergic synaptic dysregulation, especially in the mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways. Many in vitro studies, in vivo animal evidence, post-mortem examinations, neuroimaging evaluations with Positron Emission Tomography (PET), anti-inflammatory and antipsychotic use converge upon the central role of microglial activation and proinflammatory cytokines as common of features schizophrenia.