Healthy immune system, healthy brain function

Jul 21, 2015 – Important Link between the Brain and Immune System Found … hence were curious about the role of meningeal immunity on brain function.

Nov 1, 2016 – Immune System Maintains Brain Health. Once thought only to attack neurons, immunecells turn out to be vital for central nervous system function. … Kipnis’s work is part of a wave of research changing the way scientists view the relationship between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS).

Following apoptosis, dead neurons secrete chemical signals that bind to microglial cells and cause them to devour harmful debris from the surrounding nervous tissue. … Astrocytes are another type of glial cell that among other functions, modulate the entry of immune cells into the CNS via the blood–brainbarrier (BBB).

Apr 26, 2017 – Scientists have demonstrated that both the structure of the brain and several memoryfunctions are linked to immune system genes.

The concept that the brain can modulate activity the immune system stems from the theory of stress. Recent advances in the study of the inter-relationships …

Mar 9, 2017 – Presciently, he noted that this brain–immune system connection could … the mice’s regular behavior … and their social function … returned.

Jul 19, 2016 – … in the body that link the brain to the immune system – a connection … how they’re organised in people, and what their function is – and finding …

Jun 25, 2015 – A direct link between the brain and the immune system, via lymphatic … in immune system function, and autoimmune diseases of the gut, like …

Jul 13, 2016 – “The brain and the adaptive immune system were thought to be isolated from each other, and any immune activity in the brain was perceived as …

Feb 1, 2016 – In healthy individuals, it’s likely that the immune system uses brain … examining cognitive function in healthy versus immunocompromised mice.