Cell Communication in Nervous and Immune System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gundelfinger, Eckart D. (Editor), Seidenbecher, Constanze I. (Editor), Schraven, Burkhart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 43
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Cell biology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.

At first glance, the nervous and immune systems appear very different. However, both systems have developed mechanisms for memory formation – though of quite different quality and significance for the organism. One striking example is that both systems form and communicate via synapses armed with si...