New Clues to Nodding Syndrome (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

New Clues to Nodding Syndrome

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NIH scientists discovered leiomodin-1 (green) inside human brain cells. This study suggests that Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune disease.

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Image courtesy of Avindra Nath, M.D., NIH/NINDS.

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