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A hematopoietic contribution to microhemorrhage formation during antiviral CD8 T cell-initiated blood-brain barrier disruptionHolly L Johnson
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
J Neuroinflammation 9:60. 2012..Therefore, we hypothesize that hematopoietic factors contribute to susceptibility to brain hemorrhage, CNS vascular permeability and death following induction of PIFS...
Advances in understanding gray matter pathology in multiple sclerosis: Are we ready to redefine disease pathogenesis?Robert Zivadinov
Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Neurol 12:9. 2012..Monitoring the evolution of GM damage is becoming an important marker in predicting future disease course and response to therapy in MS patients...
CMV infection attenuates the disease course in a murine model of multiple sclerosisIstvan Pirko
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e32767. 2012..Future studies in this co-infection model will provide insight into mechanisms which modulate the development of demyelination and may be utilized for the development of novel therapeutic strategies...
Iron deposition and inflammation in multiple sclerosis. Which one comes first?Robert Zivadinov
Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Neurosci 12:60. 2011..Creating a representative animal model that can study independently such relationship will be the key factor in this endeavor...
Brain atrophy correlates with functional outcome in a murine model of multiple sclerosisI Pirko
Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Neuroimage 54:802-6. 2011..These studies are expected to pave the way to a better understanding of the substrate of disability in MS models...
Diffusion-weighted imaging characteristics of biopsy-proven demyelinating brain lesionsN Abou Zeid
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Neurology 78:1655-62. 2012....
Neuroimaging of demyelination and remyelination modelsI Pirko
Department of Neurology, Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis, University of Cincinnati, 260 Stetson St, Suite 2300, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0525, USA
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 318:241-66. 2008..High field strength small-animal experimental MRI will continue to evolve and interact with the development of new human MR imaging and experimental NMR techniques...
Research Grants
- CD8+ T cells in formation of T1 black holes in animal model of multiple sclerosisIstvan Pirko; Fiscal Year: 2010..Studying our novel animal model will allow us to understand how the immune system mediates the formation of this MRI finding, which may lead to the development of more effective therapies in MS." ..
