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Monocyte and microglial activation in patients with mood-stabilized bipolar disorder
Author(s) -
Joel Jakobsson,
Maria Bjerke,
Sara Sahebi,
Anniella Isgren,
Carl Johan Ekman,
Carl M. Sellgren,
Bob Olsson,
Henrik Zetterberg,
Kaj Blennow,
Erik Pålsson,
Mikael Landén
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.140183
Subject(s) - bipolar disorder , confounding , cerebrospinal fluid , medicine , body mass index , neuroinflammation , mood , inflammation , endocrinology , immunology , psychiatry
Bipolar disorder is associated with medical comorbidities that have been linked to systemic inflammatory mechanisms. There is, however, limited evidence supporting a role of neuroinflammation in bipolar disorder. Here we tested whether microglial activation and associated tissue remodelling processes are related to bipolar disorder by analyzing markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum from patients and healthy controls.

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