The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis

Gregory Atkins, Sandra Amor, Jean Fletcher, Kingston Mills

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780521196802
• eBook ISBN: 9781139847520
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Neurology

Multiple sclerosis is the most common debilitating neurological disease in people under the age of forty in the developed world. Many publications cover medical and clinical approaches to the disease; however, The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis provides a clear and concise up-to-date overview of the scientific literature on the various theories of MS pathogenesis. Covering the main elements of scientific research into multiple sclerosis, the book contains chapters on the neuropathology of the disease as well as an account of the most extensively used animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. The book contains chapters regarding the role of viruses in the development of multiple sclerosis. Viruses have long been implicated and chapters on animal models based on virus infection, as well as their possible role in the etiology of MS, are included. Of interest to MS researchers, the book is written to also be of value to postgraduate and medical students.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction: the biological basis
• Chapter 2 Neuropathology of multiple sclerosis
• Chapter 3 Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
• Chapter 4 Immunology of MS
• Chapter 5 Animal models based on virus infection
• Chapter 6 Viruses in the etiology of MS
• Chapter 7 Epilogue: conclusions and future directions
• Index