Evidence of remyelination long after attack

As the MS research community starts to move some of its investigations from the inflammatory aspect of MS to the neurodegenerative, they are in need of means to image demyelination and remyelination. This study looked at MTR (a type of imaging for the brain) markers that are believed to indicate myelination activity. They found that remyelination seemed to happen strongly for 3-4 months after an attack and possibly for years after at a lower level. It would seem that our brains can repair themselves.