Neuroimmune Interface in Health and Diseases

• Main Author: Atsuyoshi Shimada (auth)
• Other Authors: Ihssane Zouikr (auth), Sanae Hasegawa-Ishii (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; brain-immune interaction; fatigue; pain; HIV; neuroinflammation; traumatic brain injury; depression; microglia; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; autism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It is now well appreciated that the immune system, in addition to its traditional role in defending the organism against pathogens, communicate in a well-organized fashion with the brain to maintain homeostasis and regulate a set of neural functions. Perturbation in this brain-immune interactions du...