Advances in spinal cord imaging in multiple sclerosis

M Moccia, S Ruggieri, A Ianniello… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The spinal cord is frequently affected in multiple sclerosis (MS), causing motor, sensory and
autonomic dysfunction. A number of pathological abnormalities, including demyelination …

Spinal cord involvement in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

O Ciccarelli, JA Cohen, SC Reingold… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Spinal cord involvement is an important cause of disability in patients with multiple sclerosis
or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSDs). Multiple sclerosis and NMOSDs can …

Cervical spinal cord atrophy: an early marker of progressive MS onset

B Zeydan, X Gu, EJ Atkinson, BM Keegan… - Neurology …, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To assess whether cervical spinal cord atrophy heralds the onset of progressive
MS. Methods We studied 34 individuals with radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) and 31 …

[HTML][HTML] The sequence of structural, functional and cognitive changes in multiple sclerosis

I Dekker, MM Schoonheim, V Venkatraghavan… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Background As disease progression remains poorly understood in multiple sclerosis (MS),
we aim to investigate the sequence in which different disease milestones occur using a …

Longitudinal spinal cord atrophy in multiple sclerosis using the generalized boundary shift integral

M Moccia, F Prados, M Filippi, MA Rocca… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Spinal cord atrophy is a clinically relevant feature of multiple sclerosis (MS), but
longitudinal assessments on magnetic resonance imaging using segmentation‐based …

Clinically relevant cranio-caudal patterns of cervical cord atrophy evolution in MS

MA Rocca, P Valsasina, A Meani, C Gobbi, C Zecca… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To characterize the distribution and regional evolution of cervical cord atrophy in
patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a multicenter dataset. Methods MRI and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] MAGNIMS recommendations for harmonization of MRI data in MS multicenter studies

N De Stefano, M Battaglini, D Pareto, R Cortese… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an increasing need of sharing harmonized data from large, cooperative studies as
this is essential to develop new diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. In the field of multiple …

Optical coherence tomography measures correlate with brain and spinal cord atrophy and multiple sclerosis disease‐related disability

A Vidal‐Jordana, D Pareto, S Cabello… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Both optical coherence tomography (OCT) and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) volumetric measures have been postulated as potential …

[HTML][HTML] A matter of atrophy: differential impact of brain and spine damage on disability worsening in multiple sclerosis

S Ruggieri, M Petracca, L De Giglio, F De Luca… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
As atrophy represents the most relevant driver of progression in multiple sclerosis (MS), we
investigated the impact of different patterns of brain and spinal cord atrophy on disability …

Elevated CSF neurofilament proteins predict brain atrophy: a 15-year follow-up study

A Petzold, MD Steenwijk… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Body fluid and structural imaging biomarkers give information on
neurodegeneration. The relationship over time is not known in multiple sclerosis. Objective …