Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging towards clinical application in multiple sclerosis

C Granziera, J Wuerfel, F Barkhof, M Calabrese… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative MRI provides biophysical measures of the microstructural integrity of the CNS,
which can be compared across CNS regions, patients, and centres. In patients with multiple …

Quantitative myelin imaging with MRI and PET: an overview of techniques and their validation status

CWJ van der Weijden, E Biondetti, IW Gutmann… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Myelin is the protective sheath wrapped around axons, consisting of a phospholipid bilayer
with water between the wraps. The measurement of damage to the myelin sheaths, the …

7T MRI differentiates remyelinated from demyelinated multiple sclerosis lesions

H Kolb, M Absinta, ES Beck, SK Ha, Y Song… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To noninvasively assess myelin status in chronic white matter lesions of multiple
sclerosis (MS), we developed and evaluated a simple classification scheme based on T1 …

MWF of the corpus callosum is a robust measure of remyelination: Results from the ReBUILD trial

E Caverzasi, N Papinutto, C Cordano… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Myelin repair is an unrealized therapeutic goal in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Uncertainty remains about the optimal techniques for assessing therapeutic efficacy and …

Remyelination alters the pattern of myelin in the cerebral cortex

J Orthmann-Murphy, CL Call, GC Molina-Castro… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Destruction of oligodendrocytes and myelin sheaths in cortical gray matter profoundly alters
neural activity and is associated with cognitive disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). Myelin …

Anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective agents in clinical trials for CNS disease and injury: where do we go from here?

K Mallah, C Couch, DM Borucki, A Toutonji… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurological disorders are major contributors to death and disability worldwide. The
pathology of injuries and disease processes includes a cascade of events that often involve …

Progressive multiple sclerosis

L Amezcua - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides an update on progressive forms of multiple
sclerosis (MS) commonly referred to as primary progressive MS and secondary progressive …

Diagnosis and management of progressive multiple sclerosis

G Macaron, D Ontaneda - Biomedicines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that results
in varying degrees of disability. Progressive multiple sclerosis, characterized by a steady …

The CALIPR framework for highly accelerated myelin water imaging with improved precision and sensitivity

AV Dvorak, D Kumar, J Zhang, G Gilbert, S Balaji… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are powerful tools for the study
of human tissue, but, in practice, their utility has been limited by lengthy acquisition times …

[HTML][HTML] From pathology to MRI and back: Clinically relevant biomarkers of multiple sclerosis lesions

H Kolb, O Al-Louzi, ES Beck, P Sati, M Absinta… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Focal lesions in both white and gray matter are characteristic of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Histopathological studies have helped define the main underlying pathological processes …