The experiment, which was held within the walls of the University of Ohio, led scientists to the conclusion that the immune system is more sensitive to stressful situations than previously thought. It is her activity that can be the cause of intense emotional states, experts suggested..

During the experiments, biologists placed the animals in a stress situation - the mice settled in an active and pretending male leader. Submission to him led to the fact that the rodents had symptoms of anxiety and stress.

Observation of the brain activity of mice showed that microglia, the molecular medium responsible for purifying the nervous tissue, activated during the stress immune action and multiplied monocytes (white blood cells) that penetrated the brain from the bloodstream and the bone marrow.

Monocytes, accumulated in tissues and blood, are capable of producing symptoms of anxiety, the authors of the study. In their opinion, this, possibly, causes mood decay under stresses. Understanding this process will help create an effective means of combating such conditions, scientists noted..

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