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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2025

Connection and communication between the nervous and immune systems.

Alexander Leunig, Matteo Gianeselli, Scott J Russo, Filip K Swirski

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07497425 (Neuroimmune Responses to Physical Exercise Training in Chronic Primary Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07497425 narecruitingnot on this map

Neuroimmune Responses to Physical Exercise Training in Chronic Primary Low Back Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcGill UniversityRan2025 to 2029Enrolled216ConditionsChronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)ArmsPhysical Exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Baseline peripheral inflammatory profiles predict phenoconversion in prodromal Parkinson's disease: a longitudinal cohort study.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026
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  11. Cross-Organ Neuroimmunology of Behavior.Annual review of immunology · 2026
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  12. Suppression of pre-B cell colony formation by catecholamine oxidation.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexander LeunigCardiovascular Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. alexander.leunig@mssm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9179-9203
Matteo GianeselliCardiovascular Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Scott J RussoCardiovascular Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6470-1805
Filip K SwirskiCardiovascular Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. filip.swirski@mssm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-9152

Funding

ROLE OF PERIPHERAL IMMUNE-DERIVED MMP8 IN STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITYR01MH104559 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI SCOTT JAMES RUSSO · 2014 to 2026
$9.2M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Connections between the nervous and immune systems are increasingly recognized as central to brain-body physiology. In this Review, we examine how these systems collaborate to detect and respond to both internal and external stimuli - such as psychological stress, circadian cues, infection, and tissue injury. Rather than operating in isolation, the nervous and immune systems form an integrated network that is more than the sum of its parts. They share a common architecture and vocabulary, enabling bidirectional connection and communication that modulate immune cell characteristics throughout the body. We review immune-nervous interactions within two complementary frameworks: first, a spatial framework that distinguishes communication in the brain, communication within peripheral organs, and communication across distance; and second, a temporal framework that maps nervous system influence across the operational lifespan of the immune system - specifically focusing on how the nervous system impacts immune cell development, distribution, and execution of functions. Finally, we highlight key tools, clinical applications, and questions for future research on how both systems coordinate to respond to somatic and environmental stressors.

Indexed as

Immune SystemNervous SystemNeuroimmunomodulationAnimalsBrainHumans

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What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.