Sodium Buildup in Brain Linked to Disability in MS Patients
TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Sodium buildup in the brain
seems to be linked to disability in people with multiple
sclerosis, researchers have found. This accumulation of sodium
could be an indicator of the degeneration of nerve cells that
results from the disease, according to a team of European
researchers. Although multiple sclerosis, or MS, symptoms vary
from patient to patient, the study authors suggested that their
findings may help predict the severity of disease progression
and disability. "A major challenge with multiple sclerosis is
providing patients with a prognosis of disease progression. It's
very hard to predict the course of the disease," Patrick
Cozzone, director emeritus of the Center for Magnetic Resonance
in Biology and Medicine, a joint unit of National Center for
Scientific Research and Aix-Marseille University in Marseille,
France, said in a news release from the Radiological Society of
North America. In conducting the s