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Exactly. Then maybe the order is stress -> depression -> inflammation.
by jonsen 13y ago
Exactly. Then maybe the order is stress -> depression -> inflammation.
- cpncrunch 13y agoI think that is likely. Or perhaps depression and inflammation are both a result of stress (through HPA axis and SNS activation).
- kingkawn 13y agoI guess my original point is that they're trying to look for the mechanism of the inflammation because they assume that by solving the inflammation that the depression will be solved, whereas it could be that the inflammation is a protective reaction against depression the same way that it is a in large part a protective reaction against other forms of illness.