Salivary Inflammatory Markers in Trichotillomania: A Pilot Study

Conclusions: The relatively low level of inflammatory saliva cytokines observed in the current study (negative z scores versus normative data with medium effect sizes) indicates that evaluation of blood inflammatory levels in trichotillomania versus matched controls would be valuable in future work. If a hypoinflammatory state is confirmed ­using blood samples, this would differentiate trichotillomania from other mental disorders (such as OCD, schizophrenia, and depression), which have typically been linked with high inflammatory measures in the literature, at least in some cases.Neuropsychobiology
Source: Neuropsychobiology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research