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Stress and immunity — the circuit makes the difference

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Specific brain circuits recruited during stress contribute to differential immune responses and affect how the immune system handles viral and autoimmune challenges.

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Fig. 1: Linking stress circuits and immunity.

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  1. Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Jaideep S. Bains & Keith A. Sharkey

  2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Jaideep S. Bains & Keith A. Sharkey

  3. Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Bains, J.S., Sharkey, K.A. Stress and immunity — the circuit makes the difference. Nat Immunol 23, 1137–1139 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-022-01276-1

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