Scientists have discovered that a specific brain cell known as a ‘projection neuron’ has a central role to play in the brain changes seen in multiple sclerosis (MS). The research shows that projection neurons are damaged by the body’s own immune cells,…
Gut microbes protect against neurologic damage from viral infections
Gut microbes produce compounds that prime immune cells to destroy harmful viruses in the brain and nervous system, according to a mouse study.
Are the ‘viral’ agents of MS, ALS and schizophrenia buried in our genome?
What if the missing ‘environmental’ factor in some of our deadliest neurological diseases were really written in our genome? Researchers explain how viruses ended up in our DNA — and what puts them in the frame in unsolved diseases like multiple scler…