Megan Scudellari | Sep 22, 2010 | 3 min read
In a rare glimpse inside a diseased brain, researchers watch for the first time as immune cells directly attack neurons in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Published this week in linkurl:Immunity,;http://www.cell.com/immunity/home the surprising role of T helper cells in neurodegeneration may provide a novel therapeutic target for blocking neuron dysfunction in patients with MS. Brain with MS lesions U.S. Brookhaven National Laboratory, linkurl:Wikimedia Commons;http://commons.wiki