Oligoclonal bands

A type of protein found in the cerebral spinal fluid that is an indicator of inflammationA process of the immune system that involves chemicals released by immune cells (i.e. white blood cells) inducing localized heat, swelling, redness, and pain to an area that occurs when tissue becomes damaged or infected from a pathogen, and usually results in the desctruction and removal of the pathogen and/or healing to the tissue. In the case of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease (MOGAD), inflammation is the result of the incorrect targeting of the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) by the immune system, resulting in damage to myelin sheaths.. It is often an indication in multiple sclerosisAn autoimmune disease that attacks healthy cells in the myelin, the protective sheath that surrounds nerves in the central nervous system (CNS) leading to neurological symptoms originating from the brain, spinal cord, and/or optic nerve., and is sometimes found in MOGADOften referred to as MOGAD, Anti-MOG, MOG Ab+, MOG Antibody Disease, MOG Associated Antibody Disease, MOG positive disease   and NMOSDA disorder of the central nervous system that primarily affects the nerves of the eye and the spinal cord. Also known as Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) or Devic's Disease..