Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by lesions in the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. Spinal lesions may indicate MS. Learn more.

MS is a condition in which the immune system attacks the protective covering of the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. These damaged areas are called lesions and are part of an MS diagnosis ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects approximately 250,000 to 350,000 people in the U.S., almost two-thirds of them women. Symptoms usually develop when patients are between 20 and 40 years old. 1 The ...

There were no significant differences between patients who did or did not have spinal cord T2 lesions, but the subgroup of patients with MS without spinal cord relapses had significant reductions ...

Advanced Spinal Cord Imaging in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of MS —Recently developed imaging techniques thought impossible only a few years ago may be beneficial in detecting MS lesions of the ...

Neural stem cell treatment was safe and significantly boosted myelin repair in spinal cord lesions in a mouse model of MS, ...

February 7, 2011 — Patients with radiologically isolated syndrome and spinal cord lesions may be at substantial risk for clinical conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS), report researchers.

Cellular architecture of lesions in multiple sclerosis now mapped out. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 03 / 240320122408.htm ...

It is widely accepted that MS is characterized by the formation of brain white matter lesions. Yet in this study participants with severe MS disability showed significantly more gray matter loss in ...