In our cover story, “The Seventh Sense,” neuroscientist Jonathan Kipnis describes the relationship between the nervous and immune systems. “Mounting evidence indicates that the brain and the immune system interact routinely, both in sickness and in health,” he writes. The immune system may “qualify as a kind of surveillance organ that detects microorganisms in ... the body and informs the brain about them, much as our eyes relay visual information and our ears transmit auditory signals.”

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NeuroscienceA Sense of Discovery: How the Immune System Works with the BrainBy Mariette DiChristina | Scientific American August 2018 IssueShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on RedditStumble UponShare viaPrintAdvertisement Sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, body awareness (formally, propriocep...