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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2013

Neuroinflammatory imaging biomarkers: relevance to multiple sclerosis and its therapy.

Thomas Tourdias, Vincent Dousset

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04634994 (Novel Assessment of Synaptic Density in Progressive MS), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04634994 early_phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Novel Assessment of Synaptic Density in Progressive MS

TypeinterventionalSponsorBrigham and Women's HospitalRan2025 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsMultiple SclerosisArms[F-18]SDM-8
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas TourdiasINSERM Unit 1049 Neuroinflammation, Imagerie et Thérapie de la Sclérose en Plaques, Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Bordeaux, F-33076, France. thomas.tourdias@chu-bordeaux.fr
Vincent Dousset

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging is an established tool in the management of multiple sclerosis (MS). Loss of blood brain barrier integrity assessed by gadolinium (Gd) enhancement is the current standard marker of MS activity. To explore the complex cascade of the inflammatory events, other magnetic resonance imaging, but also positron emission tomographic markers reviewed in this article are being developed to address active neuroinflammation with increased sensitivity and specificity. Alternative magnetic resonance contrast agents, positron emission tomographic tracers and imaging techniques could be more sensitive than Gd to early blood brain barrier alteration, and they could assess the inflammatory cell recruitment and/or the associated edema accumulation. These markers of active neuroinflammation, although some of them are limited to experimental studies, could find great relevance to complete Gd information and thereby increase our understanding of acute lesion pathophysiology and its noninvasive follow-up, especially to monitor treatment efficacy. Furthermore, such accurate markers of inflammation combined with those of neurodegeneration hold promise to provide a more complete picture of MS, which will be of great benefit for future therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainContrast MediaGadoliniumHumansImage EnhancementInflammationMagnetic Resonance ImagingMultiple SclerosisPositron-Emission TomographyContrast MediaGadolinium

Identifiers

PMID23132327
PMCPMC3557362

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