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ID number:830948
 
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Published: 27.09.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of the myelin sheath surrounding the axons of the central nervous system. The damaged oligodendrocytes which generate myelin cannot be restored. Scarring occurs, which results in an interruption of the salutatory conduction of an action potential down the axon. This slower conduction velocity results in weakness and lack of coordination in the individual suffering from MS (Bear, Connors, & Paradiso, 2001, p. 94). Previously, MS was thought to only involve white matter. New research however has shed light on the disease, and changes in the central nervous system beyond demyelination may be involved. This paper is a review and discussion of three recent studies in which various MRI techniques were employed to examine changes beyond demyelination in MS patients.
Evanelou, et al. investigated the relationship between axonal losses in normal-appearing areas of the corpus callosum to the lesion volume in corresponding areas of cerebral white matter. The researchers performed post-mortem brain imaging on eight patients with relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive MS and eight age- and sex-matched control subjects with no neurological conditions.

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