{"id":211228,"date":"2025-04-12T05:18:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/the-immune-molecule-that-rewires-your-brain-from-anxiety-to-sociability"},"modified":"2025-04-12T05:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:18:31","slug":"the-immune-molecule-that-rewires-your-brain-from-anxiety-to-sociability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/the-immune-molecule-that-rewires-your-brain-from-anxiety-to-sociability","title":{"rendered":"The Immune Molecule That Rewires Your Brain \u2014 From Anxiety to Sociability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-immune-molecule-that-rewires-your-brain-from-anxiety-to-sociability.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A surprising link between the immune system and brain behavior is emerging, as new research reveals how a single immune molecule can affect both anxiety and sociability depending on which brain region it acts upon.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists found that IL-17 behaves almost like a brain chemical, influencing neuron activity in ways that alter mood and behavior during illness. These findings suggest the immune system plays a much deeper role in shaping our mental states than previously thought, opening new doors for treating conditions like autism and anxiety through immune-based therapies.<\/p>\n<p>Immune Molecules and Brain Behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A surprising link between the immune system and brain behavior is emerging, as new research reveals how a single immune molecule can affect both anxiety and sociability depending on which brain region it acts upon. Scientists found that IL-17 behaves almost like a brain chemical, influencing neuron activity in ways that alter mood and behavior [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}