https://metapractice.livejournal.com/558512.htmlActivation of Immune T Cells Leads to Behavioral Changes
http://neurosciencenews.com/t-cell-behavioral-changes-7792/Summary: A new Nature Immunology study reveals immune cells alter the body’s metabolism when activated, leading to changes in behavior. Source: RIKEN.
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan and collaborators have found that T cells — immune cells that help to protect the body from infections and cancer — change the body’s metabolism when they are activated, and that this activation actually leads to changes in behavior.
It is currently known that individual T cells change their metabolism to meet their energy needs after being activated, but the systemic metabolic effect of sustained…