Ann Neurol. 2012 Aug;72(2):234-40. doi: 10.1002/ana.23591. Vitamin D status predicts new brain magnetic resonance imaging activity in multiple sclerosis. Mowry EM, Waubant E, McCulloch CE, Okuda DT, Evangelista AA, Lincoln RR, Gourraud PA, Brenneman D, Owen MC, Qualley P, Bucci M, Hauser SL, Pelletier D. Source Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California […]

    Nature Reviews Neurology 8, 678-689 (December 2012) | doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2012.194 Subject Categories: Neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation | White matter disease The influence of nutritional factors on the prognosis of multiple sclerosis Gloria von Geldern & Ellen M. Mowry

Imaging advances are always potentially interesting but the immediate risk might be more dementia diagnoses delivered without much regard to functional context, and without proper support and follow-up. Can MRI screen for CSF biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease? Corey T. McMillan, PhD, Brian Avants, PhD, David J. Irwin, MD, Jon B. Toledo, MD, David A. Wolk, […]

Scientists plead for urgent action to tackle the growing dementia crisis As the number of sufferers from dementia nears a million, and drugs companies fail to find therapies that work, doctors fear services may soon become overwhelmed via Scientists plead for urgent action to tackle the growing dementia crisis | Society | The Observer.

Time to confront the global dementia crisis The Lancet Neurology High-income countries are not the only ones facing a dementia crisis as their populations age. According to the Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Delphi consensus study, by 2040, 71% of all people with dementia will be living in developing countries. In addition to the personal devastation […]