Lifestyle and Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurodegenerative Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 419
Special Issue Editors
Interests: imaging; neuroscience; neurodegeneration; neurological diseases; neurology; multiple sclerosis; demyelinating diseases
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Interests: sleep epidemiology; chronic disease epidemiology and prevention; ageing research; multimorbidity; global health; public health; social and environmental determinants of health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, and several risk factors have been identified to possibly increase its likelihood and lead to a worse prognosis.
This Special Issue on lifestyle and risk factors for multiple sclerosis will be a timely and impactful contribution to the field of MS research. By gathering current insights on lifestyle, genetic, and environmental risk factors for MS, this issue could deepen our understanding of the disease, inform preventive strategies, and contribute to improved patient outcomes, as well as provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach, shaping future research, clinical practice, and public health policies related to MS.
Lifestyle factors are gaining importance in this field, with new insights on nutrition, pollution, and sleep quality increasingly achieving primary importance in terms of disease risk and prognosis.
Authors are invited to present cutting-edge research and review articles that addresses a wide range of topics related to developing multiple sclerosis itself or risk factors leading to a worse prognosis.
Prof. Roberta Lanzillo
Prof. Dr. Saverio Stranges
Prof. Marinella Clerico
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multiple sclerosis
- lifestyle
- risk factors
- nutrition
- pollution
- sleep quality
- progression
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