On the other side of the blood-brain immune barrier

Subject: On the other side of the blood-brain immune barrier

Date: Fri Feb 18 11:38:09 2000
Posted by B. Fuller
Grade level: nonaligned School: none
City: Chicago State/Province: IL Country: USA
Area of science: Immunology
ID: 950895489.Im

Message:


The body's immune system is denied entry to the brain (Right?). How then 
does the brain fight an infection? Does it let the immune system in for 
the duration of the fight? Or does the brain have an immune system of its 
own? How specialized is this (possibly existant) brain immune system?

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