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New Findings | 1 Jul 2013

Total Brain Sodium on MRI Linked to More Severe MS

Brain sodium concentration seen on MRI is linked to disability and progressive subtypes of MS

Laurie Barclay, M.D.

Total sodium concentration in the brain, measured by sodium magnetic resonance imaging, is linked to...

Clinical Research

New Findings | 24 Jun 2013

Antigen-Specific Therapy for MS Passes Safety Test

Phase 1 study shows hint of immune tolerance to myelin

Carol Cruzan Morton

Scientists are reasonably certain that much of the early damage in multiple sclerosis results from...

Laboratory Research, People

New Findings | 18 Jun 2013

Cognitive Reserve in MS: Life Experiences Matter

Memory, brain speed stoked by stimulating activities

Carol Cruzan Morton

More than half of all people with multiple sclerosis feel a drop in their ability to...

People

“San Diego palm trees sidewalk piers” by Jon Sullivan

New Findings | 28 May 2013

Meet the Microglia

American Academy of Neurology meeting report

Stephani Sutherland

Researchers have been on a mission to understand microglia—the brain’s resident immune cells—since...

Laboratory Research, Meetings

New Findings | 18 May 2013

Ebb and Flow of EBV

Active phase of viral life cycle may correlate with MS relapses

Rachel Tompa

Epstein-Barr virus, the nearly ubiquitous herpesvirus that can cause “mono,” seems inextricably tied to...

Clinical Research

New Findings | 1 May 2013

Core Value of Amyloids

Fibrils show therapeutic effect in mice

Carol Cruzan Morton

For decades, experts in brain disorders have fixated on the toxic properties of amyloids...

Laboratory Research

New Findings | 24 Apr 2013

Update: Risk Factors

American Academy of Neurology meeting report

Stephani Sutherland

Life in the Western world has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. We spend more...

Clinical Research, Laboratory Research, Meetings

New Findings | 11 Apr 2013

Biomarkers: Foretelling the Future

American Academy of Neurology meeting report

Stephani Sutherland

Predicting whether patients will progress to disability—and how they will respond to treatments—are...

Clinical Research, Meetings

New Findings | 2 Apr 2013

Evidence Grows for Pathogenic Antibody

American Academy of Neurology meeting report

Stephani Sutherland

For years, MS researchers have searched in vain for a holy grail: a protein target...

Laboratory Research, Meetings

New Findings | 22 Mar 2013

Resilience Despite Relapse

Frequent early relapses don’t always foretell future disability

Carol Cruzan Morton

Frequent flare-ups in the first few years of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis have long been thought to predict...

Clinical Research