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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Postmortem MRI-guided tissue sampling significantly enhances the yield of MS lesions in autopsy material, but so far it is unknown whether abnormalities concur with blood-brain barrier alterations. Here we sampled MS lesions with focal and diffuse abnormalities (diffusely abnormal white matter; DAWM) on MRI; both were coupled to the presence of MS lesions upon neuropathological examination. Extravascular distribution of fibrinogen, indicating BBB disturbance, was observed in so-called (p)reactive lesions that reflect discrete areas of microglial activation without demyelination within an otherwise normal appearing white matter. Leakage became more extensive in active demyelinating MS lesions to chronic inactive lesions. An enlargement of the perivascular (Virchow-Robin) space containing infiltrated leukocytes was associated with both DAWM and focal abnormalities on postmortem MRI. This study shows for the first time that in MS brain changes in the vasculature take place not only in focal lesions but also in DAWM as detected by postmortem MRI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
953-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Autopsy, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Blood-Brain Barrier, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Cerebral Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Extracellular Space, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Gliosis, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Microcirculation, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Multiple Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, pubmed-meshheading:16039866-Postmortem Changes
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Blood-brain barrier alterations in both focal and diffuse abnormalities on postmortem MRI in multiple sclerosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't