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tions (limbic system)
where the information
from our five senses is
relayed. This brought a
new light of discovery
that the limbic system
had an amazing connection with the neuropeptides that carries
information. The limbic
system in other words
conveyed the information of emotions to
these neuropeptides.
Later, she discovered
that the receptors for
these
neuropeptides
were also found on the
immune cells. For every
neuropeptide that was
found in the brain,
the immune cell had
the exact receptor for
these neuropeptides to
bind. This was the most
groundbreaking discovery of them all,because
it has proved that our
immune system constantly communicates
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with the limbic system
of our brain through
neuropeptides. In other
words, the program of
emotions was conveyed
to the immune cells.
The nature of emotions exactly exhibited the behaviour of
immune cells. If the
emotions were destructive, immune cells also
exhibited destructive
behaviour causing the
destruction of the body’s
own cells.