- Title
- A comparison between the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis and normal pressure hydrocephalus: is pulse wave encephalopathy a component of MS?
- Creator
- Bateman, Grant A.; Lechner-Scott, Jeannette; Lea, Rodney A.
- Relation
- Fluids and Barriers of the CNS Vol. 13, Issue 1
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12987-016-0041-2
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- BACKGROUND: It has been suggested there is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder, underlying the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS), which is distinct from the more obvious immune-mediated attack on the white matter. Limited data exists indicating there is an alteration in pulse wave propagation within the craniospinal cavity in MS, similar to the findings in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). It is hypothesized MS may harbor pulse wave encephalopathy. The purpose of this study is to compare blood flow and pulse wave measurements in MS patients with a cohort of NPH patients and control subjects, to test this hypothesis. METHODS: Twenty patients with MS underwent magnetic resonance (MR) flow quantification techniques. Mean blood flow and stroke volume were measured in the arterial inflow and venous out flow from the sagittal (SSS) and straight sinus (ST). The arteriovenous delay (AVD) was defined. The results were compared with both age-matched controls and NPH patients. RESULTS: In MS there was a 35% reduction in arteriovenous delay and a 5% reduction in the percentage of the arterial inflow returning via the sagittal sinus compared to age matched controls. There was an alteration in pulse wave propagation, with a 26% increase in arterial stroke volume but 30% reduction in SSS and ST stroke volume. The AVD and blood flow changes were in the same direction to those of NPH patients. CONCLUSIONS: There are blood flow and pulsation propagation changes in MS patients which are similar to those of NPH patients. The findings would be consistent with an underlying pulse wave encephalopathy component in MS.
- Subject
- multiple sclerosis; normal pressure hydrocephalus; cerebral blood flow; pulse wave encephalopathy; compliance; cerebrospinal fluid
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1329055
- Identifier
- uon:26056
- Identifier
- ISSN:2045-8118
- Rights
- © 2016 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated
- Language
- eng
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