Monocyte count in schizophrenia and related disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Monocyte count can be considered an indirect marker of microglia activation in the central nervous system. Thus, the observed higher monocyte count in patients could be considered as a possible peripheral marker of microglia's activation in schizophrenia disorder. PMID: 32178747 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Neuropsychiatrica - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Acta Neuropsychiatr Source Type: research