2012
DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(12)70003-0
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Association between pathological and MRI findings in multiple sclerosis

Abstract: The identification of pathological processes that could be targeted by therapeutic interventions is a major goal of research into multiple sclerosis (MS). Pathological assessment is the gold standard for such identification, but has intrinsic limitations owing to the limited availability of autopsy and biopsy tissue. MRI has gained a leading role in the assessment of MS because it allows doctors to obtain an ante mortem picture of the degree of CNS involvement. A number of correlative pathological and MRI stud… Show more

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“…we observe reductions in f and τ i and increases in α in patients' NAWM compared to healthy subjects. It has been shown previously that NAWM in MS subjects is somewhat damaged compared to the normal tissue (Filippi et al, 2012) and our results support this suggestion. These are just preliminary results because the number of both MS and healthy subjects is quite small.…”
Section: Ms Subjectssupporting
confidence: 92%
“…we observe reductions in f and τ i and increases in α in patients' NAWM compared to healthy subjects. It has been shown previously that NAWM in MS subjects is somewhat damaged compared to the normal tissue (Filippi et al, 2012) and our results support this suggestion. These are just preliminary results because the number of both MS and healthy subjects is quite small.…”
Section: Ms Subjectssupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The normal range of [ 11 C]PiB binding values found in the NAWM of patients with MS may appear contradictory to the changes detected outside visible lesions with several advanced MRI techniques 5. However, this finding is in line with histopathological evidence showing that the pathological abnormalities affecting the NAWM mainly consist of axonal damage and loss,24 microglial activation,25 and disorganized nodes of Ranvier,26 but do not include major demyelination.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…33,34 Generally speaking, brain volume changes can be an important measure of tissue damage in patients with MS. 32 Indeed, baseline atrophy and high rates of subsequent volume loss are associated with cognitive impairment, fatigue and disability progression over the long term. 32,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41] In a complex disease such as MS, brain volume loss results from the sum of and interactions between various destructive pathological processes, 42 including irrever sible demyelination, and axonal and/or neuronal loss. The neurodegenerative pathology that occurs in MS is an important target for treatment; thus, MRI brain volume measures have been used in randomized clinical trials to monitor the effects of disease modifying thera pies on these parameters.…”
Section: Focal Lesionsmentioning
confidence: 99%