In multiple sclerosis (MS), a clinicoradiological paradox exists whereby clinical and MRI measures show poor correlation. New findings suggest that quantitative imaging to assess microstructural ...

Your brain and spinal cord are bathed in fluid. A lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap, is a procedure doctors use to remove and test some of this liquid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It ...

Spinal cord MRI should be performed in patients with suspected demyelination who present with a partial myelitis and/or whose brain scan(s) do not fulfil the criteria for dissemination in space and ...

Purdue researcher Riyi Shi is leading work to study the role of a toxin thought to worsen the severity of spinal cord injuries and other nervous system trauma and diseases. The researchers have now ...

Spinal cord lesions are more commonly seen in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, and they can result in an increased risk of disability. In relapsing-remitting MS, which 80 to 85 percent of ...

In many if not most cases, neurologists can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) on the basis of symptoms, along with an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord. But when results aren’t conclusive, they ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have now sampled spinal cords of thirteen people with MS and five healthy controls, and found that spinal cord cross sectional area is not a good ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the central nervous system: The brain and spinal cord. In MS, the body's immune system mistakenly attacks myelin, the protective coat surrounding ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous system (CNS) disease that causes damage to the brain and spinal cord. Radiology scans such as MRIs or CTs can help diagnose the condition, along with other ...

Gilenya, an MS drug, improved motor function in mice with spinal cord injuries. March 13, 2012— -- A drug found to slow some of the physical problems and reduce the number of flareups of multiple ...

Some people start with an episode of MS symptoms that doctors call clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). CIS could lead to MS, but it doesn’t always. MS happens when your immune system mistakenly ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What happens during a spinal adjustment? Can professionals other than chiropractors safely do spinal adjustments? ANSWER: Chiropractors commonly perform spinal adjustments, also ...