neuroimmunity

English

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ immunity.

Noun

neuroimmunity (uncountable)

1. immunity from neural damage
   • 2015 November 6, “The mTOR Inhibitor Rapamycin Mitigates Perforant Pathway Neurodegeneration and Synapse Loss in a Mouse Model of Early-Stage Alzheimer-Type Tauopathy”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Compared with vehicle-treated controls, rapamycin protected against the tau-induced neuronal loss, synaptotoxicity, reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis, and activation of innate neuroimmunity.

Derived terms

• psychoneuroimmunity