Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and related demyelinating diseases, including myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), represent a spectrum of autoimmune ...

A new study examined organizational differences of whole-brain networks between MS and NMOSD in a prospective cohort of patients with CNS demyelinating disease. All 144 study participants, including ...

Pediatric multiple sclerosis researchers at UB are working to define and better understand previously unappreciated and uncommon types of childhood demyelinating disorders, including MS, to improve ...

NMOSD accounts for 1 to 2% of all cases of CNS inflammatory demyelinating disease in the United States and Europe, with multiple sclerosis being much more common, but NMOSD accounts for one third or ...

A new report examined optic nerve lesion length, measured on brain magnetic resonance imaging, at the acute phase of ON in 51 individuals. Optic nerve lesion length was significantly associated with ...

As used by the pathologist, the term "demyelination" means that the myelin sheath of certain nerve fibers can no longer be demonstrated in a microscopical section treated with one of a number of ...

In the February 1st issue of G&D, Dr. Brian Popko (The University of Chicago) and colleagues describe how mutation of a gene called ZFP191 leads to disordered CNS myelination in mice -- reminiscent of ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Sorocaba (state of São Paulo, Brazil) have developed a technique to diagnose early-stage multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central ...