Question

Multiple Sclerosis is a demyelinating disease affecting axons in the ____ nervous system, in contrast to Guillain Barre Syndrome, which strips the myelin sheath from axons in the ____ nervous system.

a. brainstem, pons
b. PNS, CNS
c. the spinal cord, thalamus
d. CNS, PNS

Answer 1

The preferable option will be - D.

D. CNS and PNS

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiple Sclerosis is a demyelinating disease affecting axons in the CNS nervous system, in contrast to Guillain Barre Syndrome, which strips the myelin sheath from axons in the PNS nervous system.

• Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which our own immune system attacks our own nerve tissues and damages the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

• Guillain-Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which our peripheral nervous system (PNS) gets affected.