So depression is an inflammatory disease, but where does the inflammation come from?
Published in BMC medicine • Sep 12, 2013
Authors:,,
Michael Berk
Lana J Williams
Felice N Jacka
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We now know that depression is associated with a chronic, low-grade inflammatory response and activation of cell-mediated immunity, as well as activation of the compensatory anti-inflammatory reflex system. It is similarly accompanied by increased oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS),...
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