Antoine Louveau, of University of Virginia‘s Kipnis Lab, has discovered a direct connection between the brain and the immune system via previously unknown vessels.
The finding could have significant implications for the study and treatment of neurological diseases, including autism, Alzheimer’s, and multiple sclerosis.
According to Professor Kipnis: “It changes entirely the way we perceive the neuro-immune interaction. We always perceived it before as something esoteric that can’t be studied. But now we can ask mechanistic questions.”
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