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Immune system: The “seventh sense”

2018; Rockefeller University Press; Volume: 215; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1084/jem.20172295

ISSN

1540-9538

Autores

Jonathan Kipnis,

Tópico(s)

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Resumo

The brain is our computing machine that integrates stimuli from the environment and orchestrates responses to these stimuli. Here, I propose that the defining role of the immune system is to sense microorganisms and to inform the brain about them.

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