عنوان

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Multiple Sclerosis

(Number (ISBN

884702109X

(Number (ISBN

9788847021099

Number

b591253

Title Proper

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Multiple Sclerosis

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Massimo Filippi, Douglas L. Arnold, Giancarlo Comi.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Milano

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Milan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2001

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xii, 153 pages)

Series Title

Topics in neuroscience.

Text of Note

Introduction; Mechanisms of axonal damage --; Axonal loss in MS --; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy: fundamentals --; Overview of MRS studies in MS --; Overview of MRS studies in white matter diseases other than MS --; Overview of MRS studies in other neurological conditions --; Magnetization transfer and diffusion-weighted MRI in MS and other white matter diseases --; Correlations between MRS and other MR parameters in MS --; Functional MRI and MS: cortical reorganization and recovery --; Optimization and standardization of MRS techniques for multicentre, longitudinal MS studies.

Text of Note

Recent years have witnessed dramatic advances in the development and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that can provide quantitative measures with some degree of pathological specificity for the heterogeneous substrates of multiple sclerosis (MS). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is one of the most promising of these techniques. Thanks to MRS, axonal damage is no longer considered an end-stage phenomenon typical of only the most destructive lesions and the most unfortunate cases, but rather as a major component of the MS pathology of lesions and normal-appearing white matter at all the phases of the disease. This new concept is rapidly changing our understanding of MS pathophysiology and, as a consequence, the therapeutic strategies to modify the disease course favorably. Many of the authors have pionereed the use of MRS in MS, thus contributing to the foundation of the "axonal hypothesis."

Medical radiology.

Medicine.

Neurology.

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Book number

edited by Massimo Filippi, Douglas L. Arnold, Giancarlo Comi.

Douglas L Arnold

Giancarlo Comi

Massimo Filippi

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[Book]

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