Though a difficult article, these ideas are an important addition to the journey of recovery....
The original definition of inflammation included four symptoms—fever, redness, heat, and pain—and only pain was associated with neuronal signals. Recently, it was shown that, in fact, neuronal activity is involved in mediating all four inflammation symptoms (See post). But, in fact, inflammation is far more complex than previously known, with a very large number of different immune cells and brain cells signaling back and forth with cytokines and neurotransmitters causing many different types of activity. In fact, neurons can by themselves produce all the actions of inflammation and use inflammation pathways in neuroplasticity. - See more at: http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/inflammation-pathways-in-neuroplasticity#sthash.NHXS6ILC.dpuf