Conclusions:

"Our data underpin a relation of veins and plaque development in MS and reflect increased apparent venous calibers due to increased venous diameters or increased oxygen consumption in early MS plaques"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25903703
(Thanks Sandro for the link)


Veins in plaques of multiple sclerosis patients - a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Eur Radiol. 2015 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print]