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. 2019 May 14;3(7):1302–1320. doi: 10.1210/js.2019-00053

Table 1.

Ratio of the Number of Studies That Report a Significant Increas in Inflammatory Cytokines to Total Number of Studies

Type of Stress IL-1β TNF-α IL-6
Acute stress
 Hypothalamus 18/57 1/20 6/29
 Hippocampus 16/59 10/37 8/33
 Prefrontal cortex 5/13 4/17 2/15
Chronic stress
 Hypothalamus 6/18 0/10 2/6
 Hippocampus 65/86 45/68 32/55
 Prefrontal cortex 21/37 19/35 14/26