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      Immunoception: defining brain-regulated immunity

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          The emerging understanding of homeostatic neuroimmune interactions requires developing relevant terminology. In this NeuroView, Koren and Rolls define immunoception as the brain’s bidirectional monitoring and control of immunity. They propose that the physiological trace storing immune-related information, the immunengram, is distributed between the brain and memory cells residing in peripheral tissues.

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                Journal
                8809320
                Neuron
                Neuron
                Neuron
                0896-6273
                1097-4199
                02 November 2022
                04 September 2023
                26 September 2023
                : 110
                : 21
                : 3425-3428
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Immunology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
                [2 ]Department of Neuroscience, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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                [* ]Correspondence: rolls.asya@ 123456gmail.com
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                EMS185466
                10.1016/j.neuron.2022.10.016
                7615112
                36327893
                877bfbfc-83c3-4804-8371-c22aaaeb758a

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