The links between neuroinflammation, brain structure and depressive disorder: A cross-sectional study protocol

• Egle Milasauskiene ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: egle.milasauskiene@lsmu.lt

  Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3136-9064

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• Julius Burkauskas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Simonas Jesmanas,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Rymante Gleizniene,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Vilmante Borutaite,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Kristina Skemiene,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Paulina Vaitkiene,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Virginija Adomaitiene,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Psychiatry Clinic, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Saulius Lukosevicius,

  Roles Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Brigita Gradauskiene,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Allergology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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• Guy Brown,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Vesta Steibliene

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania, Psychiatry Clinic, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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