COVID infection affected this Spanish cohort of MS patients in a similar way in terms of severity compared to general population despite higher incidence and use of DMT drugs in 3/4 cases nn.neurology.org/content/8/2/e9…

Calling all over 65s! You can book your Covid-19 vaccination. Let’s get your parents, grandparents and loved ones protected - please share as far and wide as possible. Book online: swiftqueue.co.uk/nottinghamc19v… Book by phone: 0115 883 4640

The government have announced 1.7 million more people will be added to the shielded patient list in England. This means some people currently in vaccine priority group 6 (which includes everyone with MS under 65) will now be moved up into group 4 and advised to shield. (1/4)

Great news 🌟

Preventing #MS is a hot research topic; please visit the link for further information about the submission requirements👇@bg42b Radu Tanasescu Ruth Dobson frontiersin.org/research-topic…

PhD studentship to work on MEG in rehabilitation of #TBI. Excellent opportunity. Collaboration of the national rehabilitation centre National Rehabilitation Centre NRC UK and the Uni of Nottingham School of Medicine #WeAreUoN UoN Physics & Astronomy Matthew Brookes continuing our work on #MEG in TBI nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentva…

Look what has been published today! Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome jnnp.bmj.com/content/92/4/3…

🌈 This evening, the QMC will be light up in rainbow colours, as #TeamNUH remembers all of the lives lost and all those affected by the pandemic. 💙 The last twelve months have been difficult for so many, and we hope that better, brighter days will be here soon.

We are very pleased that the Pregnancy Register is now live. If you are pregnant and have MS then please join this important study, findings could influence how Prenancy and MS are treated #MSpregnancyregister MS Society UK muMS UK ukmsregister.org/pregnancy Ruth Dobson

A interesting Nottingham case series of Guillain-Barré syndrome variant occurring after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, published in Annals of Neurology Nottingham Centre for MS and Neuroinflammation Nottingham University Hospitals Radu Tanasescu Jonathan Rhys Evans doi.org/10.1002/ana.26…

Domestic abuse is a much under recognised and under reported major problem in MS clinics. I have just been made aware of one more patient from our MS clinic that needs support. We are on it. QMC Neurosciences

How should we support our MS patients when they transition to secondary progressive MS? Acceptance Based Telephone Support around the time of Transition to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22…

Central vein sign #CVS on MRI likely will decrease misdiagnosis of MS. Useful to predict radiological isolated syndrome conversion to MS. Studies ongoing to see if #CVS should be added to MS diagnostic criteria. nikosevangelou3 #ECTRIMS2021

Klaus Schmierer🎗️🇺🇦 We found the same in a population of over 800 patients across the UK and USA : Delaying #ocrevus treatment appears safe (no relapses, no MRI activity). Poster P826 of #ECTRIMS2021 Helen Ford emma tallantyre

Iron rims seem to be prognostically important. Poster P474, reports 10 year clinical study of iron rim in WM lesions in 90 patients and found both EDSS and ARMSS were 1 step higher if patients had IRL at baseline. #ECTRIMS2021 Aimee Hibbert @Cneurospirt @majudah

599 patients with #MultipleSclerosis reported COVID-19 and their recovery status. Preexisting neurologic impairment or mental health problems appear to increase the risk of Long COVID doi.org/10.1212/NXI.00… #MSCOVID19 Work supported by MS Society UK UKMSRegister

Guilty by association? SARS‐Cov2 antibodies and MOGAD onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/en…

Is there a potential for EBV vaccination to prevent MS? YES. This paper outlines the possible EBV vaccine approaches in MS and the sample size estimates. @bg42b Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health NIH @uabSOPH Claire Shannon-Lowe @GavinGiovannoni Radu Tanasescu Nottingham Centre for MS and Neuroinflammation frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

So today begins a new era in my group’s research as we venture into the role of EBV and HERVs in the pathogenesis of MS. Collaborating with the wonderful Rachael Tarlinton, Bruno Gran, Radu Tanasescu. Keep your eye’s peeled, we’ll be updating regularly.

Just released: special issue of the European Journal of Neurology: Gut Brain Axis as a possible basis for the treatment of neurological disorders. With Kristl⁩ (Ghent) and ⁦Radu Tanasescu⁩ (Nottingham) as Guest Editors. ⁦European Academy of Neurology⁩ ⁦Wiley Neuro⁩