Activation of the reward system boosts innate and adaptive immunity
- 4 July 2016
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Medicine
- Vol. 22 (8), 940-944
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4133
Abstract
Chemogenetic activation of central nervous system reward circuitry in the mouse VTA is shown to strengthen immunological host defenses against subsequent bacterial exposure and infection.Keywords
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