The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis

Gregory Atkins DSc is a Fellow Emeritus of the Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. Sandra Amor PhD is a Professor and Head of MS Research, Pathology Department, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has an honorary position at Queen Mary, University of London. Jean Fletcher PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Schools of Medicine and Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Kingston Mills PhD is a Professor at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin.

• Preface; 1. Introduction: the biological basis Gregory Atkins; 2. Neuropathology of multiple sclerosis Sandra Amor and Paul van der Valk; 3. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Sandra Amor and David Baker; 4. Immunology of MS Jean Fletcher; 5. Animal models based on virus infection Gregory Atkins and Brian Sheahan; 6. Viruses in the etiology of MS Gregory Atkins; 7. Epilogue: conclusions and future directions Gregory Atkins, Kingston Mills, Paul van der Valk and Sandra Amor; Index.

The authors have done a remarkable job of synthesizing a tremendous amount of data to present such a readable book. 5 stars! - Doody's Review Service