Immune system: The “seventh sense”
2018; Rockefeller University Press; Volume: 215; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1084/jem.20172295
ISSN1540-9538
Autores Tópico(s)Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
ResumoThe 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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