The name multiple sclerosis refers to scars (scleroses—better known as plaques or lesions) particularly in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord, which is mainly composed of myelin.

Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a chronic neurological disease that impacts the brain, spinal cord, and central nervous system. Your brain uses electrical signals to communicate with your body.

More information: Aletta M. R. van den Bosch et al, Profiling of microglia nodules in multiple sclerosis reveals propensity for lesion formation, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467 ...

A Phase 2 clinical trial testing obexelimab in adults with relapsing types of multiple sclerosis is now recruiting ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS includes the brain, spinal cord ... to as plaques or lesions. Demyelinating lesions can ...

Currently, patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and brain lesions on MRI suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS), are offered a confirmatory MRI scan after 6 months. Researchers in Italy ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most widespread ... and neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Together these make up the central nervous system. Researchers speculate that a combination ...

The Minnetonka and Edina Girls Basketball teams are rivals on the court, but now they are joining forces to defeat a common opponent - Multiple Sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and potentially debilitating ... that surrounds nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. When this lining becomes inflamed or destroyed, it slows down and disrupts ...

The rate of frailty among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) ranges from 17% to 66% among ambulatory patients, and frailty among MS patients is linked to a host of complications. Read about the ...