Found: The dial in the brain that controls the immune system

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01259-2

Scientists have long known that the brain plays a part in the immune system — but how it does so has been a mystery. Now, scientists have identified cells in the brainstem that sense immune cues from the periphery of the body and act as master regulators of the body’s inflammatory response.

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