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A new blog on the block
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Neuroimmunology for idiots. Part 3: Immune system in neuroplasticity
The last in the neuroimmunology series I am trying to get my head around the role of cytokines in facilitating long term potentiation and nurturing neuroplasticity.
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Neuroimmunology for idiots. Part 2: Immune system in learning & memory – inflammatory cytokines.
The last post discussed the role of T cells and T cell-derived IL-4, an anti-inflammatory cytokine. This post will focus on other inflammatory cytokines, in particular IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α. First, IL-1.
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Neuroimmunology for dummies. Part 1: Immune system in learning and memory – T cells.
A common way to investigate what role particular biological markers play is to breed (in the loosest sense of the word - ie genetically engineer) an animal that doesn’t have those biomarkers. Mice are the usual suckers. Mice can be ‘bred’ to have no T cells (T cells are otherwise known as T lymphocytes, white blood cells that are produced primarily in the thymus - hence the ‘T’...
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Mutterings of a neurocentric. Or, neuroimmunology for dummies
I was going to call this post ‘Immune effects on thinking, memory, neuroplasticity and neurogenesis’ but I thought it sounded a bit high-brow. In fact, for the first time in my brief bloglife I have ...