Blood-Brain Barrier Biology – Brian Daniels MStranslate March 22, 2015 Research Could the blood-brain barrier play a role in explaining why more women than men develop multiple sclerosis? While at the recent Keystone Symposia on "Neuroinflammation in Diseases of the Central Nervous...
What is the Blood-Brain Barrier? MStranslate March 16, 2015 Research This week we are going to have a daily feature on the blood-brain barrier. To begin, we address the most obvious question, "What is the blood-brain barrier (BBB)?". To answer this, we encourage you to...
Keystone Symposia – Day 3 Coverage MStranslate February 9, 2015 Research, Symposium Here's the third update in our video series from the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, looking at "Neuroinflammation in Diseases of the Central Nervous System". In this video, Brett...
Keystone Symposia – Day 2 Coverage MStranslate February 2, 2015 Research, Symposium With the support of the Melbourne Brain Centre, MStranslate travelled to the USA in the last week of January to attend and cover the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, looking at...
ACTRIMS – ECTRIMS 2014 Conference Update MStranslate January 9, 2015 Conferences, ECTRIMS, Research In this video, Dr Tomas Kalincik from the Melbourne Brain Centre provides an update on some of the highlights of the joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS conference, held in Boston in 2014. As well as this, Tomas provides...
Update on MSBase MStranslate December 29, 2014 Research Earlier this year we filmed a video with A/Prof Helmut Butzkueven, where he introduced the MSBase Registry. An international database, it is used by researchers and practicing neurologists to share, track and...
Use of Steroids to Treat Spasticity in MS MStranslate September 29, 2014 Research, Treatments By Brett Drummond Spasticity is a common symptom in people with multiple sclerosis, having a major impact on quality of life and imposing a financial burden. There are a number of current treatments for...
Anxiety and Depression in People with MS MStranslate September 9, 2014 Research By Brett Drummond While there have been some reports suggesting higher rates of anxiety and depression in people with multiple sclerosis, the results have been conflicting. Last week, results were published...
Changes in Blood Proteins Before Onset of MS Symptoms MStranslate August 22, 2014 Research By Brett Drummond Whilst it is understood that multiple sclerosis is caused by a combination of both genetic and environmental factors, the exact cause(s) remains unknown. One of the biggest difficulties...
Movement Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis MStranslate July 28, 2014 Movement Disorders, Research Neurologist Dr Andrew Evans provides an introduction to the Melbourne Brain Centre's Movement Disorders team, and discusses their work on using Botox to help treat symptoms, such as tremors, in people living...
