Monday, June 15, 2015 6:49 PM
|
CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis
It's happening. Researchers are going to look at how inefficient brain drainage plays a role in MS. Time for neuroimmunologists to collaborate and actually work alongside Dr. Paolo Zamboni, a specialist in venous drainage. "In multiple sclerosis, immune cells breach the central nervous system and attack the neurons’ insulating layers of myelin. And in Alzheimer’s disease, cell death is accompanied by protein clumping between neurons. Kipnis speculates that inefficient brain drainage could play a role in these conditions. His team is now looking into how the vessels differ in the brain of patients with brain diseases." The lymphatic drain inside your braincosmosmagazine.com Startling anatomical discovery could inspire new treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases.
|