Grant Supports Study of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Suffering from Depression

Maryam Hosseinzadeh is one of 400,000 people in the U.S. battling multiple sclerosis, a disorder that changes the brain’s makeup and appears capable of causing depression. Hosseinzadeh credits medicines, immune-modulating therapy and the ongoing support of neurologist Nancy Sicotte, MD, for keeping the potentially debilitating symptoms of MS and depression from dominating her life.

Sicotte, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, recently received a three-year, $506,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to study brain changes in MS, and underlying causes and potential treatments of MS-related depression. For more information, click here to read the full release.