Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that causes signals travelling through our nerves and brain to slow down significantly or stop completely, leading to a wide range of debilitating neurological symptoms. Clearly, neurons are being damaged...but by what? Check out this week's episode of Medicurio to learn more about this disease.
Medicurio episodes are short and only give a relatively condensed explanation of the disease. To learn more about multiple sclerosis, or to donate to its research, check out the following websites:
MS Society of Canada: mssociety.ca/
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation: msfocus.org/
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: www.nationalmssociety.org/
In the video, I've simplified the movement of electrical signals because they actually involve more ion channels that open and close in response to each other and the potential. For a more in-depth understanding of these electrical signals, known as action potentials and electrotonic transfer, check out this cool animation by Neuroscience 5e: sites.sinauer.com/neuroscience...