N-Acetylaspartate in the CNS: from neurodiagnostics to neurobiology

JR Moffett, B Ross, P Arun, CN Madhavarao… - Progress in …, 2007 - Elsevier
The brain is unique among organs in many respects, including its mechanisms of lipid
synthesis and energy production. The nervous system-specific metabolite N-acetylaspartate …

NMR and pattern recognition methods in metabolomics: from data acquisition to biomarker discovery: a review

A Smolinska, L Blanchet, LMC Buydens… - Analytica chimica …, 2012 - Elsevier
Metabolomics is the discipline where endogenous and exogenous metabolites are
assessed, identified and quantified in different biological samples. Metabolites are crucial …

An updated histological classification system for multiple sclerosis lesions

T Kuhlmann, S Ludwin, A Prat, J Antel, W Brück… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis is a complex and heterogeneous, most likely autoimmune, demyelinating
disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Although a number of histological …

Axonal transection in the lesions of multiple sclerosis

BD Trapp, J Peterson, RM Ransohoff… - … England Journal of …, 1998 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system and is the most common cause of neurologic disability in young adults …

Multiple sclerosis and chronic autoimmune encephalomyelitis: a comparative quantitative study of axonal injury in active, inactive, and remyelinated lesions

B Kornek, MK Storch, R Weissert, E Wallstroem… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Recent magnetic resonance (MR) studies of multiple sclerosis lesions indicate that axonal
injury is a major correlate of permanent clinical deficit. In the present study we systematically …

Acute axonal damage in multiple sclerosis is most extensive in early disease stages and decreases over time

T Kuhlmann, G Lingfeld, A Bitsch, J Schuchardt… - Brain, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is characterized morphologically by the key features demyelination,
inflammation, gliosis and axonal damage. In recent years, it has become more evident that …

Distinct patterns of multiple sclerosis pathology indicates heterogeneity in pathogenesis

CF Lucchinetti, W Brück, M Rodriguez… - Brain …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyeli‐nating disease of the central nervous system.
The hallmark of its pathology is the demyelinated plaque with reactive glial scar formation …

Neurological disability correlates with spinal cord axonal loss and reduced N‐acetyl aspartate in chronic multiple sclerosis patients

C Bjartmar, G Kidd, S Mörk, R Rudick… - Annals of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Axonal degeneration has been proposed as a cause of irreversible neurological disability in
multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The purpose of this study was to quantify axonal loss in …

The aging hippocampus: cognitive, biochemical and structural findings

I Driscoll, DA Hamilton, H Petropoulos, RA Yeo… - Cerebral …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Aging is often accompanied by learning and memory problems, many of which resemble
deficits associated with hippocampal damage. Studies of aging in nonhuman animals have …

The window of therapeutic opportunity in multiple sclerosis: evidence from monoclonal antibody therapy

AJ Coles, A Cox, E Le Page, J Jones, SA Trip… - Journal of …, 2006 - Springer
Abstract From 1991–2002, we treated 58 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using the
humanised monoclonal antibody, Campath–1H, which causes prolonged T lymphocyte …