The nervous system and the immune system maintain homeostasis mainly through the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal(HPA)axis,the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system(vagal cholinergic pahway).The homeostasis is broken after stroke,and results in peripheral immunosuppression,which is called stroke-induced immunodepression syndrome.Its mechanism is still under investigation.The article reviews the mechanism and clinical significance of stroke-induced peripheral immunodepression through the above three mentioned pathways.