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Aug 2026
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Linking Mood Disorders, HPA Axis Dysregulation, and Neurocognitive Inflammation to Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
Patients with preexisting mood disorders may enter surgery in a biologically sensitized neuroimmune state, lowering the threshold for exaggerated neuroinflammatory responses and postoperative cognitive dysfunction, according to a review of convergent pathophysiologic pathways.
Alyson Sato, N. Chang, N. Knezevic et al.
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