New approaches to the study of central nervous system function. Immune-nervous system interactions and cell culture

The paper by Lal and Forster is discussed with reference to future experiments which might provide insight into mechanisms regarding their exciting data that circulating brain reactive antibodies may cause learning deficits. The paper by Azmitia et al. on cell culture techniques is discussed with respect to the types of studies in which culture systems have proven most valuable in the past, and should continue to do so in the future.