Correlations between major depressive disorder, splenic morphology and immunity
Zouqing Lin,
Xiaoyan Xu,
Kai Zhang
et al.
Abstract:To explore the symptoms, course and severity of depressive disorder and the morphological changes of spleen and immune-related mechanism. We recruited patients with first-episode or recurrent major depressive disorder(MDD)(patient group) and healthy controls (normal group) matched in age and gender. All subjects’ plasma MICB (pg/ml), ULBP1 (ng/ml) and splenic volume (cm3) were measured at baseline. The patient group was randomly assigned to receive (S)-ketamine (study group) and non-(S)-ketamine (control group… Show more
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