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If you see someone scratch an itch -- and then have to scratch yourself -- this is why.

Neurons are the cells that constitute neural circuits and use chemicals and electricity to receive and send messages that allow the body to do everything, including thinking, sensing, moving, and more.

Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, US, found that while the muscle loss helped the mice fight and survive the infection, the fat loss had no impact on the mices ability to fight or survive the infection.

Fat and muscle loss, a process called wasting, were brought about by different groups of immune cells, researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, US, found.

Wasting, the simultaneous loss of fat and muscle, has long been observed as a common symptom during infections. Seeking to unravel the potential benefits of this process in fighting infections, scientists at the Salk Institute, led by Professor Janelle Ayres, conducted an innovative study using mice infected with the parasite T. brucei.

University of Melbourne researchers have discovered that the sentinels guarding the healthy human cornea from pathogens and inflammation are T cells, and not another type of immune cells called dendritic cells, as previously thought.

The study sheds light on how wasting - losing fat and muscle - helps in battling infections. | Health

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

Immune system researchers have designed a computational tool to boost pandemic preparedness. Scientists can use this new algorithm to compare data from vastly different experiments and better predict how individuals may respond to disease.

A gene called Myc is an important driver of cancer in both mice and humans. It also plays a role in aging, research shows.