Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder that prompts the body's immune system to attack myelin, the protective sheath covering nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. This can in turn ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

—In a new study, the extent of microstructural damage in patients with early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) was associated with worse disability and spinal cord atrophy at 5 years. Here ...

Multiple sclerosis affects your abilities and the way your body functions, and this sometimes includes sexual function. Damage to the brain and spinal cord in MS can contribute to erectile dysfunction ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with ...

Collaborating scientists at the Karolinska Institute and at Stockholm University used a technology called in situ sequencing (ISS) to help reveal at the cellular level how lesions in multiple ...

The Marburg variant of multiple sclerosis is extremely rare but also the most severe. Life expectancy has been weeks or months, but advances in treatment have led to an improved outlook. Multiple ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause a wide variety of symptoms. You may have brain fog, weakness or numbness in an arm or leg, an unsteady walk, changes to how you see or speak, or fatigue. MS symptoms ...

Mitoxantrone hydrochloride was the first FDA-approved medication for both secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and progressive-relapsing MS. It’s also used to treat relapsing-remitting MS ...