[Neuroimmunopathology]

The paper deals with a part of neuroimmunopathology which is concerned with the role of the pathologically altered nervous system in the pathology of the immune system and vice versa and considers disturbances in the interconnection of nervous and immune systems. Antibodies against neuromediators and nervous tissue can produce both pathogenetic and sanogenic effects depending on the neurotransmitter function or the nervous structure which they are specifically directed towards. The effects of systematically administered antibodies against nervous tissue and neuromediators demonstrate that antibodies can penetrate into the central nervous system (CNS). The adoptive transfer of the signs of a pathological condition by immunocytes from CNS abnormalities illustrates the role of the immune system in nervous diseases.