Abstract #1401
Brain temperature is elevated in relapsing-remitting relative to progressive multiple sclerosis
Victoria M Leavitt 1 , Alayar Kangarlu 2 , Feng Liu 2 , Claire S Riley 3 , and James F Sumowski 4
1
Columbia University Medical Center, New
York, New York, United States,
2
New
York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York,
United States,
3
Columbia
University Medical Center, New York, United States,
4
Kessler
Foundation, New Jersey, United States
We hypothesize that elevated body and brain temperature
in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
(RRMS) indicates clinically-silent disease activity,
i.e., inflammatory processes. MRS thermometry was used
to measure brain temperature in RRMS and
progressive-type MS patients. Brain temperature was
elevated in RRMS patients relative to progressive-type
patients. Monitoring brain and body temperature may
allow us to detect clinically-silent inflammatory
processes in patients with RRMS.
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