Inflammation & the Immune System

Neuro-Developmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use Issues & Chronic Disease
Inflammation as a kind of Universal Language ----
Nature's Way to Efficiently Respond to All Types of Challenges:

Implications for Understanding and Managing “the Epidemic” of Chronic Diseases (2018)



Implications for:
  • NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER CLASSIFICATION
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE, and
  • THE LAW
​Three Big Take Aways ​​
  • Cognitive and Social Abilities Rely on Fine-Tuned Equilibrium of Innate & Adaptive Immune Responses (2019)
  • Innate Immune Cells are Regulators of Brain Development & Behavioral Function​​​​ (2018)
  • The Vagus Nerve serves as Modulator of the Brain-Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders.  (2018)
Karolinska Institute  in Sweden ---

Psychosis Linked to Brain's Immune System
Low social status 'can damage immune system'​ (2016)

Simply being at the bottom of the social heap directly alters the body in ways that can damage health, a study at Duke University in the US suggests.
DRAFT:  Innate & Adaptive Immunity in Cognitive Disorders