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Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 33, 1314-1321 (September 2013) | doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2013.95

Concomitant analysis of arterial, venous, and CSF flows using phase-contrast MRI: a quantitative comparison between MS patients and healthy controls

Souraya ElSankari, Olivier Balédent, Vincent van Pesch, Christian Sindic, Quentin de Broqueville and Thierry Duprez
Abstract

Venous dysfunction has recently been hypothesized to contribute to the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). 2D phase-contrast (PC) magnetic resonance ...

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The link is to the full pdf article of a letter to the editor of the Iranian Journal of Neurology. "Can multiple sclerosis as a cognitive disorder influence patients' dreams?" Conclusion seems to be that dreaming is a cognitive function and since MS affects cognitive functions, it will also affect dreaming, and further studies should include dreaming as a sign of improvement or progression. It seems relevant to CCSVI because of the reports of ...

Phlebology. 2013 Nov 15.
Prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a blinded sonographic evaluation.
Tromba L, Blasi S, Vestri A, Kiltzanidi D, Tartaglia F, Redler A.
Source
Department of Surgical Sciences, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES::
To verify the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients affected by different clinical forms of multiple sclerosis and in healthy subjects using the Zamboni ultrasound protocol ...

I was watching the first part of Dr. Hubbard's video on his theory about what causes MS. I'm only part way through it, but I had to push the stop button when he started talking about how ogliodendricytes apparently die first, then the white blood cells come in to clean up the mess. If I understand him correctly he seems to be saying that hypoperfusion (which I think means not enough oxygenated blood to the ...

No duh really?. Anyways yes they can pump us full of drugs sooner and sooner,
and keep us on them longer and longer while we are in that golden RRMS category.
Yippee. How bout detect sooner and check the veins too while they're salivating
over us cash cows?

Multiple sclerosis appears to originate in different part of brain than long believe

http://www.newsfix.ca/2013/11/19/multiple-sclerosis-appears-originate-different-part-brain-long-believed/
Rutgers professor’s advanced analysis could let therapy start earlier and lead MS research ...

I don't understand a word, but they speak about reconstructing neck veins.

Percutaneous sclerotherapy with ethanolamine oleate for venous malformations of the head and neck.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24235099

Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Venous malformations frequently occur in the head and neck, and they can require treatment for a variety of reasons. Among multiple therapeutic approaches employed, percutaneous sclerotherapy has become one of the most commonly used treatments, with numerous sclerosants successfully utilized. Ethanolamine ...

A new review from the endothelial/neurological departments at LSU (Alexander and Minagar have been looking at vascular connection to MS for almost a decade.)
Full paper online, for free.

Here, we present a comprehensive review of the pathophysiology of MS, ADEM, pseudotumor cerebri, and optic neuritis, with an emphasis on the roles of venous vascular system programming and dysfunction in their pathogenesis. We consider the fundamental differences between arterial and venous endothelium, their dissimilar responses ...

MS specialist accused of defaming heart surgeon in email about controversial ‘liberation’ treatment



The fiery medical debate over a controversial new treatment for multiple sclerosis has spilled into the civil courts, as a heart surgeon on one side of the disagreement sues a neurologist on the other for allegedly libeling him.

The unusual lawsuit now appears headed to a jury hearing, after an Ontario court rejected Dr. Mark Freedman’s attempts to have the case quashed, ...

In a recent study, led by Ravi Menon of the Robarts Research Institute in Canada, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine iron deposits in the brains of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. What Menon's team found was a connection between the amount of iron present in the brain and the patient's level of disability.

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/m ... ain-111313

http://www.bioquicknews.com/node/1420

A protein involved in blood clotting may be a new indicator to help detect multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions before symptoms arise. The presence of the clotting protein, thrombin, signals an early stage of the disease when the blood-brain barrier is breached and the brain’s immune response is set into motion. The research was presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s ...