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Immunization
New immunization study findings have been reported by L. Bryclon and colleagues
August 13th, 2008
"Systemic infections commonly cause sickness symptoms including psychomotor retardation. Inflammatory cytokines released during the innate immune response are implicated in the communication of peripheral inflammatory signals to the brain," scientists in London, the United Kingdom report. "We used functional magnetic resonance brain imaging (fMRI) to investigate neural effects of peripheral inflammation following typhoid vaccination in 16 healthy men, using a double-blind, randomized, crossover-controlled design. Vaccination had no global effect on neurovascular coupling but markedly perturbed neural reactivity within substantia nigra during low-level visual...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-13)
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