“Our study supports that vascular damage leading to immune-driven neurodegeneration may be a common thread between diseases of different etiologies with blood-brain barrier leaks,” says Akassoglou."
Microbleeds harm the brain-- causing iron deposition, oxidative stress, inflammation, and neuronal death. Let's learn why these microbleeds happen in #MS, and find the root cause.

Researchers led by Gladstone neuroscientist Katerina Akassoglou are seeking better treatments for neurological disorders linked to inflammation in the brain, such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.