{"id":1054,"date":"2025-12-18T13:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/antioxidant-lipoic-acid-slows-brain-atrophy-in-progressive-ms-study\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:15:31","slug":"antioxidant-lipoic-acid-slows-brain-atrophy-in-progressive-ms-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/antioxidant-lipoic-acid-slows-brain-atrophy-in-progressive-ms-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Antioxidant lipoic acid slows brain atrophy in progressive MS: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2025\/12\/18\/antioxidant-lipoic-acid-slows-brain-atrophy-progressive-ms-study\/\" title=\"Antioxidant lipoic acid slows brain atrophy in progressive MS: Study\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/brainscan-1-800x400.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A researcher holds up an image of a brain scan that&#039;s projected on a giant nearby screen.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"144967\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In people with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment with the antioxidant lipoic acid did not improve walking or lessen other symptoms, such as fatigue, but it did show signs of slowing brain atrophy, or the loss of brain tissue. According to the researchers, this suggests possible positive biological effects from the antioxidant&#8217;s use, despite no [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2025\/12\/18\/antioxidant-lipoic-acid-slows-brain-atrophy-progressive-ms-study\/\">Antioxidant lipoic acid slows brain atrophy in progressive MS: Study<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2025\/12\/18\/antioxidant-lipoic-acid-slows-brain-atrophy-progressive-ms-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In people with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment with the antioxidant lipoic acid did not improve walking or lessen other symptoms, such as fatigue, but it did show signs of slowing brain atrophy, or the loss of brain tissue. According to the researchers, this suggests possible positive biological effects from the antioxidant&#8217;s use, despite no&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}