Welcome toNeuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation: a new open access journal for neuroscience

Inflammation involves the innate and adaptive immune system. It is a normal response to infection. However, uncontrolled progress of inflammation results in the onset of autoimmune or autoinflammatory disorders. Characteristics of inflammation appear in many neurological diseases, including meningitis, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy.[2,3] Recent researches in this area focused on the role of immune cells and immune mediators in the initiation and progression of specific neurological diseases.[4,5] Further, pharmacological inhibition of inflammation pathways will be able to safely reverse or slow the course of these diseases.