Interaction Similarity Overlap OriginsNeuroimmunologyControlHow do the NS and IS interact?Are the NS and IS structurallyand/or functionally similar?
To what extent do the NS and ISoverlap, or even constitute asingle system?Do the NS and IS share commonevolutionary origins?Does the NS control the IS or theother way around?Dantzer (2008, 2018); Ordovas-Montanes et al. (2015); Chavan
et al. (2017)Steinman (2004, 2012); Kioussisand Pachnis (2009)
Petrovsky (2001); camacho-Arroyo et al. (2009); Ransohoff
(2009); Steinman (2012)
Ottaviani et al. (2007); Kioussisand Pachnis (2009); Kipnis (2016)Pariante (2015); Chavan andTracey (2017)Figure 5.4 Neuroimmunology: A conceptual tree.Thisfigure distinguishesfive different questions raised by current scientific literature inneuroimmunology, and which in general are insufficiently separated.