Key Terms

Key Terms

17.1 Cells and Messengers of the Immune System

Innate immune system, adaptive immune system, pathogen, neutrophils, macrophage, phagocyte, antigen presenting cells (APC), B cells, antigen, T cell, complement cascade, monocyte, lymphocytes, antibodies, thymus, major histocompatibility complex (MHC), human leukocyte antigen (HLA), cytokines, chemokines, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), fever, blood-brain-barrier (BBB), lymphatic system, meninges

17.2 What Does Your Immune System Have to Do with Your Behavior?

Sickness behavior

17.3 How Does the Brain Talk to the Immune System?

Stressor, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, immunosuppression, autonomic nervous system, sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, vagus nerve, inflammatory reflex

17.4 What Do Immune System Signals Do Once They Reach the Brain?

Neuroectoderm, fetal yolk sac, primitive hematopoiesis, synaptic pruning, maternal immune activation (MIA)