[HTML][HTML] Myelin in the central nervous system: structure, function, and pathology

C Stadelmann, S Timmler… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Oligodendrocytes generate multiple layers of myelin membrane around axons of the central
nervous system to enable fast and efficient nerve conduction. Until recently, saltatory nerve …

Multiple sclerosis pathology

H Lassmann - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS), which gives rise to focal lesions in the gray and white matter and to …

An update on immunopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of multiple sclerosis

N Garg, TW Smith - Brain and behavior, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Multiple sclerosis is an acquired demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. It is the second most common cause of disability in adults in United States after head …

Progressive multiple sclerosis: pathology and pathogenesis

H Lassmann, J Van Horssen, D Mahad - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2012 - nature.com
Major progress has been made during the past three decades in understanding the
inflammatory process and pathogenetic mechanisms in multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Association between pathological and MRI findings in multiple sclerosis

M Filippi, W Brück, D Chard, F Fazekas… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Pathological evaluation is the gold standard for identifying processes related to multiple
sclerosis that explain disease manifestations, and for guiding the development of new …

Pathology of multiple sclerosis: where do we stand?

BFG Popescu, I Pirko… - … : Lifelong Learning in …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
MS is heterogeneous with respect to clinical, genetic, radiographic, and pathologic features;
surrogate MRI, clinical, genetic, serologic, and/or CSF markers for each of the four …

The relation between inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis brains

JM Frischer, S Bramow, A Dal-Bianco, CF Lucchinetti… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Some recent studies suggest that in progressive multiple sclerosis, neurodegeneration may
occur independently from inflammation. The aim of our study was to analyse the …

Brain MRI atrophy quantification in MS: from methods to clinical application

MA Rocca, M Battaglini, RHB Benedict, N De Stefano… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Patients with the main clinical phenotypes of multiple sclerosis (MS) manifest varying
degrees of brain atrophy beyond that of normal aging. Assessment of atrophy helps to …

Thalamic atrophy in multiple sclerosis: a magnetic resonance imaging marker of neurodegeneration throughout disease

CJ Azevedo, SY Cen, S Khadka, S Liu… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Thalamic volume is a candidate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)‐based
marker associated with neurodegeneration to hasten development of neuroprotective …

Multiple sclerosis deep grey matter: the relation between demyelination, neurodegeneration, inflammation and iron

L Haider, C Simeonidou, G Steinberger… - Journal of Neurology …, 2014 - jnnp.bmj.com
In multiple sclerosis (MS), diffuse degenerative processes in the deep grey matter have
been associated with clinical disabilities. We performed a systematic study in MS deep grey …