From: ' To: "jeevacation®gmail.com" <jeevacationggrnail.com> Subject: Re: where is manhasset? Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:19:03 +0000 they don't just study the vagus. they study the immune system. vagus is of collateral interest the stuff they have done in past few years isn't very interesting to me actually they are pushing more towards vagal stimulation (electricity) for fighting off disease and inflammation rather than using drugs Original Message From: Jeffre E stein <'[email protected]> To: Sent: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 4:31 am Subject: Re: where is manhasset? this was two years ago.. what happend since.. manhasset is 45 minutes from manhattan On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM, < > wrote: Let's go talk to these crazies! They are also neurosurgeons... [PS: More Vagus! Check it out] How The Immune System And Brain Communicate To Control Disease In a major step in understanding how the nervous system and the immune system interact, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified a new anatomical path through which the brain and the spleen communicate. The spleen, once thought to be an unnecessary bit of tissue, is now regarded as an organ where important information from the nervous reaches the immune system. Understanding this process could ultimately lead to treatments that target the spleen to send the right message when fighting human disease. Mauricio Rosas-Ballina, MD, working with colleagues in the laboratory of Kevin J. Tracey, MD, figured out that macrophages in the spleen were making tumor necrosis factor, a powerful inflammation-producing molecule. When they stimulated the vagus nerve, a long nerve that goes from the base of the brain into thoracic and abdominal organs, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production in the spleen decreased. This study complements previous research performed in Dr. Tracey's laboratory, which showed that stimulation of the vagus nerve increases survival in laboratory models o