The discovery of Immune System lymphatic
vessels in the brain—by researchers at the University of Virginia School of
Medicine—raises questions that now need answers, both
about the workings of the brain, the diseases that plague it, and the link between the brain and the immune system. Jonathan
Kipnis, professor in the Department of Neuroscience and
director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia at the University of Virginia, said, “In Alzheimer’s, there are accumulations of
big protein chunks in the brain. We think they may be accumulating in the brain
because they’re not being efficiently removed by these vessels.” And there is
an array of other neurological diseases, from autism to multiple sclerosis to be
reconsidered in light of the presence of something science did not know about or
even believe existed. Watch for more discoveries about PNI
(psychoneuroimmunology) and the close brain-body connection.
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