There is a lot of research showing that psychological stress (and social defeat in particular) causes microglial over-activation and neuroinflammation, which th

There is a lot of research showing that psychological stress (and social defeat in particular) causes microglial over-activation and neuroinflammation, which then results in the symptoms of anxiety and depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660717/