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Biology
December 14, 2016

Brain Inflammation Found in Autopsy Studies of Teen and Adult Suicides

Suicide and depression have both been linked to elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. A recent study finds that these inflammatory markers are also elevated in the brains of teens ...
Biology
June 22, 2016

Some Evidence of Brain Inflammation in Depression

Many studies have found links between levels of inflammatory molecules in the blood and depression or depressive symptoms. There has been less research about inflammation in the brain and its possible role in depressive il...
Biology
January 20, 2016

Brain Inflammation in People at High Risk for Schizophrenia

Microglial activity in the brains of people who are healthy, people at high risk for schizophrenia, and people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. -- A 2016 study by Peter S. Bloomfield and colleagues in the Americ...