Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease marked by focal demyelinating inflammatory plaques throughout the CNS. Neuro-ophthalmologic sequelae are common in MS and may arise from the disease itself or ...

Damaged areas of myelin are referred to as plaques or lesions. Demyelinating lesions can affect different parts of the CNS, including the optic nerves. One of the common early symptoms of MS is ...

The UAB Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease (CPODD) is one of the founding Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centers of Excellence in the country designated and funded in 2006 by the ...

It is thought that amyloid-beta plaques disrupt normal cell function ... chain function is required for recovery following a demyelinating injury. The scientists induced demyelination in the ...