A new paradigm for depression in new mothers: the central role of inflammation and how breastfeeding and anti-inflammatory treatments protect maternal mental health
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in International Breastfeeding Journal
- Vol. 2 (1), 6
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-2-6
Abstract
Research in the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) has revealed that depression is associated with inflammation manifested by increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines.Keywords
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