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Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed
December 09, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed

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"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 new study details how the immune and central nervous systems implement this sickness behavior.

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