Abstract

Increased inflammation has been observed in many psychiatric disorders including major depression. Work by our group and others has demonstrated that inflammation has specific effects on basal ganglia regions that mediate inflammation-associated decreases in motivation and motor activity. These effects of inflammation appear to be related in part to the impact of inflammation on dopamine in key basal ganglia regions including the ventral striatum.

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