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Many disorders of brain and behaviour affect human and veterinary patients. In this Perspectives, Orrin Devinsky and colleagues outline a cross-species approach to understanding neurological and psychiatric conditions, including pain, cognitive decline, epilepsy, anxiety and CNS infections, and propose that collaborations between physicians and veterinarians will generate new insights for therapy development.
New research is increasingly challenging old notions of an immunologically isolated CNS. In this Perspectives article, Jun Chen and colleagues highlight discoveries on the beneficial roles of regulatory immune cells in brain repair and regeneration, and discuss their promise as therapies for neurological disorders.
