Inflammation is correlated with abnormal functional connectivity in unmedicated bipolar depression: an independent component analysis study of resting-state fMRI.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings that serum IL-8 levels are associated with impaired FC in the right precentral gyrus in BD II patients suggest that inflammation might play a crucial role in brain functional abnormalities in BD.
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Source: Psychological Medicine - February 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tang G, Chen P, Chen G, Zhong S, Gong J, Zhong H, Ye T, Chen F, Wang J, Luo Z, Qi Z, Jia Y, Wang Y, Huang L Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research