Mapping the Neural Mechanism Behind Social Isolation Following Immune Challenge

“I just can’t make it tonight. You have fun without me.” Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social contact shuts down. A study headed by researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory of MIT has now detailed how the immune and central nervous systems implement this sickness behavior. The scientists and their collaborators used multiple methods to demonstrate causally that interleukin-1…