Children with MS who have more paramagnetic rim lesions, or chronic inflammation, tend to show faster declines in brain ...

New research reveals a strong link between persistent brain inflammation and early brain shrinkage in children with MS. These ...

The cause of MSA remains unknown. Several lines of evidence suggest that inflammation could contribute to neurodegeneration in MSA. [9–11] Microglia are the primary immune effector cells in the brain.

Multiple system atrophy is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease, where insoluble inclusions of the protein alpha-synuclein appear in oligodendrocyte cells of the brain. The resulting ...