Perivascular spaces in MS patients at 7 Tesla MRI: a marker of neurodegeneration?, Kilsdonk ID, et al. Mult Scler. 2015.

"CONCLUSIONS: The 7T MRI reveals increased numbers of VRS in MS. The finding that VRS are associated with supratentorial brain atrophy, but not with lesion count, suggests that VRS might rather serve as a neurodegenerative than an inflammatory marker in MS."

full paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25013150/ ...in this paper "MS" doesn't look that 'autoimmune' anymore, does it?

Mult Scler. 2015 Feb;21(2):155-62. doi: 10.1177/1352458514540358. Epub 2014 Jul 10. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't