Cytokine secretion linked to emotional and cognitive disturbances
Positive correlations were found between cytokine secretion and endotoxin-induced anxiety, depressed mood and decreases in memory performance.
May 21, 2001
Animal studies show that cytokine mediated illnesses — for example infectious, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases — are associated with behavioural changes. But the underlying mechanisms in humans have not yet been established. In the May
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