Interesting-Immune system effects on learning/memory

[911RN]

From article- "The second infection doesn't even have to be directly involved with the brain. A bacterial lesion on a limb produces enough of a signal to make the glia in the brain pump out extra IL-1."

 

 

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143803.htm

 

 

Just could not help but see a PANDAS connection here, as well. Very interesting, not sure what we can do with or about this info but interesting, nonetheless.

[MomWithOCDSon]

Interesting article, thanks! Well, anything regarding auto-immunity inherently has a PANS link, doesn't it?

[911RN]

Interesting article, thanks! Well, anything regarding auto-immunity inherently has a PANS link, doesn't it?

 

Nancy,

Somehow I knew you would reply! That one seemed right up your alley.

 

While on the research topic. There was another one about Autism (although my son is not diagnosed ASD)- it talks about the "pruning" of the connections in the brain. You and I had hit on that in some of our previous posts when talking about weaning of AED's with onset of puberty etc.

 

Here it is:

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020145104.htm

[MomWithOCDSon]

Thanks, once again!