background and objectives: multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. this is due to migration of peripherally activated lymphocytes to central nervous system leading to inflammatory lesions. however, liver has an anti-inflammatory microenvironment. myelin expression in the liver of transgenic mice suppresses inflammatory lesions within central nervous system. ...

The nervous system from nineteen patients with malignant disease who had intrathecal injections for the relief of pain was examined. In eighteen patients one or more injections of phenol in iophendylate or glycerol had been given; in six of them injections of silver nitrate and phenol in iophendylate or glycerol were also given. In one patient a single injection of silver nitrate and phenol in ...

A major problem for neuroscientists and clinicians is why the central nervous system shows ineffective regeneration after injury. Injured peripheral nerve fibers reform their connections, whereas those in injured spinal cord never re-grow. Insights into the mechanisms for repair and restoration of function after spinal cord injury have been obtained by experiments showing that injured nerve cel...