"The Brain Loses Its Immune Privilege" - by Holly Brothers-PhD

"So what does this mean? In the biggest sense, it means that something we have believed as dogma did not exist in the brain does, and has been in plain sight. This finding is radical in this historical context, but connects the brain immune system to the body in a way that feels intuitive."
http://www.sciguru.org/newsitem/19107/brain-loses-its-immune-privilege

A new study suggests that brain immune surveillance communicates with the immune system and can generate adaptive immune responses. The authors infer that previously characterized glymphatic washing of the brain likely connects to the lymphatic system; a testable hypothesis. The authors further sugg…