Z Zzmed Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jan 8, 2012 Messages 216 Reaction score 3 May 8, 2013 #1 Members do not see this ad. Why has FA errata changed axonal preservation to axonal destruction under MS?
Members do not see this ad. Why has FA errata changed axonal preservation to axonal destruction under MS?
W withrye Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Mar 15, 2010 Messages 309 Reaction score 8 May 8, 2013 #2 MS was classically thought to spare the axon and only affect the myelin sheath, but now we know that in at least some of the plaques there is also axonal destruction. I don't think there's really any more to it than that. Upvote 0 Downvote
MS was classically thought to spare the axon and only affect the myelin sheath, but now we know that in at least some of the plaques there is also axonal destruction. I don't think there's really any more to it than that.
Z Zzmed Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jan 8, 2012 Messages 216 Reaction score 3 May 8, 2013 #3 withrye said: but now we know that in at least some of the plaques there is also axonal destruction. Click to expand... This makes more sense. Keyword being here "at least some". Thanks Upvote 0 Downvote
withrye said: but now we know that in at least some of the plaques there is also axonal destruction. Click to expand... This makes more sense. Keyword being here "at least some". Thanks
W wanderer Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 15, 2008 Messages 1,979 Reaction score 33 May 8, 2013 #4 I believe that in its most common form axons are spared, but in the more progressive types axons are destroyed. Upvote 0 Downvote
I believe that in its most common form axons are spared, but in the more progressive types axons are destroyed.
