Cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 levels reflect symptoms of alexithymia in patients with non-inflammatory neurological disorders

Warning

This publication doesn't include Faculty of Medicine. It includes Central European Institute of Technology. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.

Authors	UHER Tomáš BOB Petr
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Psychoneuroendocrinology
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.006
Field	Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords	alexythymia IL -8
Description	In the present study we have performed psychometric measurement of alexithymia (TAS-20) depression (BDI-II) and anxiety (SAS) and immunochemical measure of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum levels of IL-8 in 33 in patients with non-inflammatory neurological disorders Results indicate thath increased level of IL-8 (inCSF) may be related to symptoms of alexithymia and anxiety inpatients with NIND
Related projects:	The internal organisation and neurobiological mechanisms of functional CNS systems under normal and pathological conditions. Centrum pro neuropsychiatrická studia traumatického stresu - NEURPSYCHTS