Using 3T MRI to analyze central vein counts and distribution in white matter lesions allows investigators to distinguish ...

on the brain or spinal cord. Sometimes, these changes are described as lesions. The appearance of demyelination (damage to the myelin that covers certain nerves) is a hallmark of MS. MRI can also ...

including MRI scans and neurological exams. Scans often identify MS lesions in the periventricular white matter of the brain, the optic nerves, or the spinal cord. A contrast MRI can help doctors ...

Signs of neurological damage over time may not be needed for a diagnosis of MS in patients who strongly meet other criteria, ...

In MS, slowly expanding lesions were linked to more myelin loss in brain regions of damage and in normal-appearing brain ...

For the first time, researchers have identified that inflammation—long associated with multiple sclerosis (MS)—appears to cause increased mutations linked to MS progression.

Reich, M.D., Ph.D., both at NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), combined repeated MRI imaging with brain-tissue analysis, including gene expression, to track the ...

Reich, M.D., Ph.D., both at NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), combined repeated MRI imaging with brain-tissue analysis, including gene expression, to track the ...

Tolebrutinib had the most protective effect against disability worsening at 6 months in patients with multiple sclerosis who ...

A NEW 4D brain map of marmosets with multiple sclerosis (MS)-like lesions has revealed potential early warning signs and ...

Ocrelizumab significantly reduced the number and volume of cortical lesions associated with multiple sclerosis at 120 weeks, ...

National MS Education and Awareness Month is celebrated each year in the US in March, after having been launched in 2003 by ...