New study tracks brain decline in progressive MS

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: PATIENTS * Male or female; * Age ≥ 18 years; * PPMS diagnosis according to McDonald 2010 criteria; * Disease duration ≤ 15 years; * Native French speaking; * Being affiliated to health insurance; * Willing to participate and to sign informed consent. HEALTHY CONTROLS * Male or Female; * Age ≥ 18 years; * Native French speaking; * Being affiliated to health insurance; * Willing to participate and to sign informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: PATIENTS * previous history of other neurological disease; * psychiatric comorbidity including severe depression according to DSM-IV; * alcohol or other addiction to toxic; * disabling visual or motor problems preventing participation to neuropsychological assessments; * change of psychotropic drug since less than one month; * contra-indication to MRI (pacemakers, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, ear implants, metal fragments or foreign objects in the eyes, skin or body,claustrophobia or refusing MRI); * illiteracy, is unable to count or to read; * pregnant or breastfeeding women; * patient concerned by articles L 1121-5 to L 1121-8 (persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, minors, persons of legal age who are the object of a legal protection measure or unable to express their consent). HEALTHY CONTROLS * history of neurological disease; * family history of MS; * psychiatric comorbidity including severe depression according to DSM-IV; * alcohol or other toxic addiction; * psychotropic drugs; known cognitive complaint or neuropsychological affection; * prior neuropsychological testing with the same tests less than 6 months * contra-indication to MRI (pacemakers, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, ear implants, meta fragments or foreign objects in the eyes, skin or body, claustrophobia or refusing MRI); * illiteracy, is unable to count or to read; * pregnant or breastfeeding women; * person concerned by articles L 1121-5 to L 1121-8 (persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, minors, persons of legal age who are the object of a legal protection measure or unable to express their consent).