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Body Systems > Immune System
Could Mitochondria Be the Key to a Healthy Brain?
Some researchers suspect these bacterial ancestors living within our cells may contribute to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Knowable Magazine
Could the Immune System Be Key to Alzheimer’s Disease?
Increasing evidence suggests that chronic inflammation takes a toll on the brain over the course of a lifetime.
Knowable Magazine
Our Microbial Minds
The millions of microorganisms residing in the gut form our “second brain.”
BrainFacts/SfN
Can Ebola Really Combat Brain Cancer?
The deadly Ebola virus could help battle the most lethal form of brain cancer: glioblastoma.
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The Immune System, the Microbiome, and the Brain
New perspectives on body-system connections are providing an understanding of social behavior, development, and sleep.
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The Blood Brain Barrier
The blood-brain barrier is your brain's first line of defense against toxins and pathogens. But it can also make treating brain illnesses complicated.
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Hacking the Nervous System
One nerve connects your vital organs, sensing and shaping your health. If we learn to control it, the future of medicine will be electric.
Wellcome Trust
The Microbiome & the Brain - A New State of Mind
Watch a conversation with neuroscientist Christopher Lowry about the microbiome-brain connection.
The Kavli Foundation
Engineered Antibodies
Much as vaccinations eradicated many destructive diseases in the past, neuroscientists are engineering antibodies to try and treat degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
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