May 12, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Disease Severity, Brain Changes Linked to Cognitive Decline Disease severity, brain volume loss, and brain lesions are able to predict later cognitive declines in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), a study in China found. The study, āClinical and MRI predictors of cognitive decline in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a 2-year longitudinal study,ā…
March 1, 2022 News by Marisa Wexler, MS #ACTRIMS2022 ā Cortical Lesions Seen to Predict Disability Worsening A higher burden of lesions in the brain’s cortex is associated with a greater likelihood of disability worsening in multiple sclerosis (MS) and transition to secondary progressive MS (SPMS), researchers report. These results suggest that “monitoring cortical lesion volume … could be useful when stratifying risk of disability…
October 12, 2018 News by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD #ECTRIMS2018 ā Early Relapses and Larger Lesions Increase Risk of Developing SPMS, Study Reports A higher frequency of early relapses, as well as a larger volume of lesions and older age at disease onset, increase the risk of transitioning from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to secondary progressive MS (SPMS), according to a study. The study, āEarly cortical pathology and…
April 12, 2018 Columns by Tamara Sellman The MS Alphabet: UTI, Vertigo, White Matter Lesions, and Other ‘U’ Through ‘Z’ Terms Editorās note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letters “U” through “Z.” This is the last post in this series.Ā Symptoms of MS Uhthoff’s phenomenon People with MS are often heat-sensitive and experience overheating due to…
April 8, 2016 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Smoking Appears Linked to Brain Abnormalities in People with MS-related Disease, Study Suggests AĀ team of researchers suggested thatĀ cigarette smokingĀ is associated withĀ adverse effects toĀ white matterĀ in the brain, and reportedĀ that smokingĀ may underlie the clinical course ofĀ clinically isolated syndrome, an early and potentially predictive symptom of aĀ progression to multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, āInfluence of cigarette smoking on white matter in patients with…
March 28, 2016 News by admin MS Lesions in Cerebellum Ably Predict Disability Levels and Disease Progression, Study Suggests DamageĀ toĀ the cerebellum in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is due moreĀ to the death of actual nerve cellsĀ thanĀ the destruction of white matter connections, a new study out of Italy suggests. The article, which challenges previous ideas about how brain damage in MSĀ occurs, is titledĀ “MRI-detectable cortical lesions in the…
February 2, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Quickly Detected with New MRI Technique Researchers developed a new way ofĀ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to better distinguish multiple sclerosis (MS)-related āwhite spotsā from similar brain lesions that corresponding to other conditions. Their article, āImaging central veins in brain lesions with 3-T T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging differentiates multiple sclerosis from microangiopathic brain lesions,ā was…