[Monoamines in the hypothalamic structures in the first few hours after immunization]
Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
This paper examines the time course of changes in the levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin and their metabolites in the hypothalamic structures closely related to neurohumoral regulation of immunogenesis. The findings suggest that the monoaminergic systems of the brain are widely involved in the body's response to antigen, which may lead to the conclusion that there are numerous modes of entering information from the immune to the nervous system.
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