Is the myelin membrane abnormal in multiple sclerosis?
โ Scribed by D. Denise Wood; Mario A. Moscarello
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 723 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2631
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## Abstract ## Purpose To investigate the correlation between water content (WC) and magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) in normal and multiple sclerosis (MS) brain. The MTR has been proposed as a marker for myelin in central nervous system tissue. However, changes in WC due to inflammation and ede
Myelin was isolated from histologically normal white matter and plaques from MS patients and from white matter of neurologically normal controls. No difference was found in the total lipid content. There were no detectable deficits in MS myelin of phosphoglycerides, plasmalogens or sphingolipids. Ga