{"id":1771,"date":"2026-04-07T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/studies-show-why-some-nerve-cells-in-brain-are-vulnerable-in-ms\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:00:09","slug":"studies-show-why-some-nerve-cells-in-brain-are-vulnerable-in-ms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/studies-show-why-some-nerve-cells-in-brain-are-vulnerable-in-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies show why some nerve cells in brain are vulnerable in MS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/04\/07\/studies-show-nerve-cells-brain-vulnerable-ms\/\" title=\"Studies show why some nerve cells in brain are vulnerable in MS\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-2151108488-800x450.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"An image shows neurons.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"161035\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pair of studies showed that a group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be particularly vulnerable to damage in\u00a0multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers found that CUX2 neurons \u2014 specialized cells in the brain\u2019s cortex, which governs complex thinking \u2014 are especially prone to DNA damage driven by inflammation in MS. This susceptibility appears to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/04\/07\/studies-show-nerve-cells-brain-vulnerable-ms\/\">Studies show why some nerve cells in brain are vulnerable in MS<\/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\/2026\/04\/07\/studies-show-nerve-cells-brain-vulnerable-ms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of studies showed that a group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be particularly vulnerable to damage in\u00a0multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers found that CUX2 neurons \u2014 specialized cells in the brain\u2019s cortex, which governs complex thinking \u2014 are especially prone to DNA damage driven by inflammation in MS. This susceptibility appears to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1772,"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-1771","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\/1771","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=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}