Func Med Nation - A podcast for Functional and Integrative Medicine practitioners. · Dr. Steven Noseworthy

026 | Immunoception (Part 1): How the Brain Monitors and Modulates the Immune System - with special guest Dr. Peter Scire

June 18, 2024·59 min·2 clips

Your right brain is literally an anti-inflammatory organ—and children with autism are missing it.

Dr. Peter Skier discusses the emerging field of immunoception—how the brain, specifically the insular cortex and its hemispheric networks, senses and controls immune function. His personal journey from childhood asthma and learning disability through functional chiropractic care frames the clinical importance of this research. The conversation explores how the right brain drives anti-inflammatory parasympathetic responses while the left drives immune activation, explaining why autism (characterized by interoceptive deficits) correlates with severe inflammatory cascades. This bridges 30 years of Dr. Rob Melillo's brain asymmetry research with cutting-edge neuroscience.

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A dense, practitioner-level discussion of where brain networks and immune questions meet.

The episode keeps its footing in mechanism first talk, with Dr. Steve Noseworthy pressing Dr. Peter Skier on the insular, parietal, and vestibular regions tied to body awareness and a sense of self.

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For a practical, not-fluffy look at the brain and immune system, start here.

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