NMO has many overlapping symptoms with MS ... In MS, demyelination can affect the brain and the spinal cord. Brain or spinal cord MRI can detect areas of inflammation, demyelination, and scarring ...

Your doctor may do tests such as an MRI and examine blood and spinal fluid to rule out other conditions with similar symptoms. While there is no cure for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder ...

And neuromyelitis optica is also brain and spinal cord. We used to think that NMO was like a variant of multiple sclerosis. That's before the antibody was discovered. The antibody was discovered ...