Neuroinflammation as an etiological trigger for depression comorbid with inflammatory bowel disease

Abstract Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from depression at higher rates than the general population. An etiological trigger of depressive symptoms is theorised to be inflammation within the central nervous system. It is believed that heightened intestinal inflammation and dysf...

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Main Authors: Colin F. Craig, Rhiannon T. Filippone, Rhian Stavely, Joel C. Bornstein, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Kulmira Nurgali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-021-02354-1