Pathology of multiple sclerosis and related inflammatory demyelinating diseases

A Kutzelnigg, H Lassmann - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS),
including recent insights into its molecular neuropathology and immunology. It shows that all …

Primary-progressive multiple sclerosis

DH Miller, SM Leary - The Lancet Neurology, 2007 - thelancet.com
Summary About 10–15% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) present with gradually
increasing neurological disability, a disorder known as primary-progressive multiple …

Cortical demyelination and diffuse white matter injury in multiple sclerosis

A Kutzelnigg, CF Lucchinetti, C Stadelmann, W Brück… - Brain, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Focal demyelinated plaques in white matter, which are the hallmark of multiple sclerosis
pathology, only partially explain the patient's clinical deficits. We thus analysed global brain …

Grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis

JJG Geurts, F Barkhof - The Lancet Neurology, 2008 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been classically regarded as a white matter disease. However,
recent histopathological studies have convincingly shown that grey matter regions are also …

Primary progressive multiple sclerosis: part of the MS disease spectrum or separate disease entity?

J Antel, S Antel, Z Caramanos, DL Arnold… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS), the most frequent demyelinating disease, is characterized by a
variable disease course. The majority of patients starts with relapsing remitting (RR) …

Widespread demyelination in the cerebellar cortex in multiple sclerosis

A Kutzelnigg, JC Faber‐Rod, J Bauer… - Brain …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Neocortical demyelination in the forebrain has recently been identified as an important
pathological feature of multiple sclerosis (MS). Here we describe that the cerebellar cortex is …

Cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis: combined postmortem MR imaging and histopathology

JJG Geurts, L Bö, PJW Pouwels, JA Castelijns… - American Journal of …, 2005 - ajnr.org
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cortical lesions constitute a substantial part of the total
lesion load in multiple sclerosis (MS) brain. They have been related to neuropsychological …

Focal thinning of the cerebral cortex in multiple sclerosis

M Sailer, B Fischl, D Salat, C Tempelmann… - Brain, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Brain atrophy as determined by quantitative MRI can be used to characterize disease
progression in multiple sclerosis. Many studies have addressed white matter (WM) …

A review of structural magnetic resonance neuroimaging

M Symms, HR Jäger, K Schmierer… - Journal of Neurology …, 2004 - jnnp.bmj.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often divided into structural MRI and functional MRI
(fMRI). The former is a widely used imaging technique in research as well as in clinical …

Grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis

M Vercellino, F Plano, B Votta, R Mutani… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The aim of our study is to evaluate the extent and distribution of grey matter demyelinating
lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS), addressing also neuronal loss and synaptic loss. Whole …