Summary
The neurovascular interface fundamentally changes during CNS diseases due to increased blood-brain barrier permeability and influx of plasma proteins in the CNS parenchyma. Studying neurologic diseases through the multidisciplinary prism of vascular biology, immunology, and neuroscience could be critical for the identification of novel mechanisms of disease, discovery of imaging tools and therapeutic treatments for a wide range of neurologic diseases characterized by BBB disruption. In my laboratory we made unanticipated discoveries on the functional role of BBB disruption in CNS autoimmunity,
