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Internally produced or exogenously administered cytokines mediate brain-immune communication and can precipitate symptoms of major depressive disorder during medical illness.
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This CME review outlines the behavioral components of the sickness response and the role of cytokines in brain-immune communication and major depressive disorder symptoms.
CME Educational Objectives 1. Define the major behavioral components of the sickness response that accompany most medical conditions. 2. Review how the brain and immune system communicate via cytokines and cytokine receptors. 3. Explain how internally produced or exogenously administered cytokines can precipitate symptoms of major depressive disorder.
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Claudia Troesch Viamontes (2009) studied this question. Internally produced or exogenously administered cytokines mediate brain-immune communication and can precipitate symptoms of major depressive disorder during medical illness.
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