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Neuroimmunology and Ageing

Topical Collection for Immunity & Ageing: Neuroimmunology and Ageing by Moisés E. Bauer (PUCRS, Brazil) and Roberto Paganelli (Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy). This topical collection will explore how complex neuroimmune interactions promote healthy and pathological ageing. We seek reviews, viewpoints, commentaries, or original research articles exploring the role of stress, mood disorders, and sensory systems during normal and premature immunosenescence. Over the last few decades, increasing evidence is implicating a role for the immune system in brain physiology and behaviour. Therefore, we also welcome articles discussing the role of immune cells and cytokines for the ageing brain, as well as the role of inflammation in neuromuscular disorders associated with senescence. In addition, we seek articles exploring the role of immunosenescence in age-related pathologies of the nervous system, including neurodegenerative and autoimmune disorders (e.g., AD, PD and MS), as well as the role of vascular disease in neurodegeneration. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also seek articles discussing post-infectious degeneration in older adults. This collection of articles has not been sponsored and articles have undergone the journal’s standard peer-review process.

Articles (19 in this collection)