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While reading articles about MS, I have found one with some impressive movies. They were made during a year, taking a MRI picture each week. It is possible to see how lesions develop and heal. The man is reported to be symptoms-free during this period, but the images show that the disease never stops.

The article itself is also quite interesting, speaking mainly about MRI procedures and their uses.

But for me, the most interesting part are the four movies, showing how MS works. Each of the movies show a different section of the brain. Just take a look.

http://www.msdiscovery.org/news/news_sy ... -meets-eye

Greetings: I find interesting the large lesion in the lower left corner which is continually repeated. I suspect this represents Dr. Zamboni's "blood reflux". I would be interested to know how this corresponds to a draining vein. Also, apparently the MRI identifies "water". Could this actually be blood? Thanks for posting this.

vesta wrote:Greetings: I find interesting the large lesion in the lower left corner which is continually repeated. I suspect this represents Dr. Zamboni's "blood reflux". I would be interested to know how this corresponds to a draining vein. Also, apparently the MRI identifies "water". Could this actually be blood? Thanks for posting this.

I don't think so. The article only says "brain magnetic resonance imaging scans", but probably they are gadolinium enhanced MRI. Gadolinium is a substance that cannot pass the Blood-brain barrier. is injected in the blood and when there is a breach of the barrier it appears bright in the MRI

Therefore I would say that the movie is showing breaches of the BBB.

But I could be wrong.