The night gardeners: Immune cells rewire, repair brain while we sleep -- ScienceDaily - 0 views
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implications for brain plasticity, diseases like autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and dementia, which arise when the brain's networks are not maintained properly, and the ability of the brain to fight off infection and repair the damage following a stroke or other traumatic injury.
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implications for brain plasticity, diseases like autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and dementia, which arise when the brain's networks are not maintained properly, and the ability of the brain to fight off infection and repair the damage following a stroke or other traumatic injury.
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This research shows that the signals in our brain that modulate the sleep and awake state also act as a switch that turns the immune system off and on."
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