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Article: SCIENTISTS LINK ANXIETY TO IMMUNE SYSTEM IN MICE

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October 28, 2008
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Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): A new study conducted on mice has found a link between the immune system and anxiety.The research team from Rockefeller and Columbia universities have found that mast cells, which have an important role to play in immune system, directly influence how mice respond to stressful situations.Previous study by Columbia University scientists had shown that mast cells travel to the brain from other organs early on in development."We now knew that mast cells resided in the brain but we didn't know their function," said Rockefeller University's Donald Pfaff, head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and ...

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