[HTML][HTML] Phasic firing of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area triggers peripheral immune responses

T Kayama, Y Ikegaya, T Sasaki - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) play a crucial role in the
processing of reward-related information. Recent studies with pharmacological …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical relevance of the immune-to-brain and brain-to-immune communications

J Lasselin, M Schedlowski, M Lekander… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Experimental and clinical evidence demonstrates an intense crosstalk among the nervous,
endocrine and immune systems (Dantzer, 2018). The central nervous system (CNS) not only …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral nerve injury-induced alterations in VTA neuron firing properties

S Huang, SL Borgland, GW Zamponi - Molecular brain, 2019 - Springer
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is one of the main brain regions harboring dopaminergic
(DA) neurons, and plays important roles in reinforcement and motivation. Recent studies …

Brain–spleen link tunes immunity

K Whalley - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Brain–spleen link tunes immunity Page 1 www.nature.com/nri Many of the mechanisms through
which the brain and the immune system interact have not been defined. Zhang et al. now …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal influence behind the central nervous system regulation of the immune cells

A Chavarría, G Cárdenas - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Central nervous system (CNS) has a highly specialized microenvironment, and despite
being initially considered an immune privileged site, this immune status is far from absolute …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimmune interactions and rhythmic regulation of innate lymphoid cells

N Jacquelot, GT Belz, C Seillet - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Earth's rotation around its axis, is one of the parameters that never changed since life
emerged. Therefore, most of the organisms from the cyanobacteria to humans have …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral neurotransmitters in the immune system

CS Chen, C Barnoud, C Scheiermann - Current opinion in Physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
The nervous system exerts potent control over the immune system. A wealth of recent data
strongly implicate different branches of the peripheral nervous system in toning immunity …

[HTML][HTML] Neuro-immune cross-talk in the striatum: from basal ganglia physiology to circuit dysfunction

A Mancini, V Ghiglieri, L Parnetti, P Calabresi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The basal ganglia network is represented by an interconnected group of subcortical nuclei
traditionally thought to play a crucial role in motor learning and movement execution. During …

[HTML][HTML] Rhythmic oscillations in the midbrain dopaminergic nuclei in mice

VJ Oberto, J Matsumoto, MN Pompili… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Dopamine release in the forebrain by midbrain ventral tegmental nucleus (VTA)
and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) neurons is implicated in reward processing, goal …

Neuronal regulation of immunity: why, how and where?

M Schiller, TL Ben-Shaanan, A Rolls - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Neuroimmunology is one of the fastest-growing fields in the life sciences, and for good
reason; it fills the gap between two principal systems of the organism, the nervous system …