The connection between the body and the brain has preoccupied philosophers and researchers for thousands of years. A new study at the University of Haifa has now identified a neural circuit that ...

Israeli researchers have identified a neural circuit that enables the brain to regulate immune system activity through associative learning The study ...

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the ...

Fruits such as bananas, oranges, and avocados are excellent sources of potassium. Hence, they are particularly beneficial for ...

The Public Health Department said that Guillain-Barre Syndrome is an autoimmune condition where the body's immune system ...

It turns out this migration is orchestrated by the nervous system. During fasting, neurons in the gut connected to the brain release chemical signals that bind to immune cells, telling them to ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that mitochondria are not necessary for the proliferation of specialized immune cells in the central nervous system, but do help those cells ...

It turns out this migration is orchestrated by the nervous system. During fasting, neurons in the gut connected to the brain release chemical signals that bind to immune cells, telling them to ...

However, neurons that express IL-1R1 are not thought to induce inflammation, suggesting that these cells may actually integrate immune signals ... in the central nervous system (CNS).

The acetylcholine receptor modulates interactions between the nervous system and the immune system. An acetylcholine receptor agonist, nicotine, is now harnessed to dampen inflammation and reduce ...