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Using an optimised<jats:sup>23<\/jats:sup>Na-MRI protocol with smaller voxel sizes and improved tissue contrast, we wanted to investigate whether brain total sodium concentration (TSC) is a biomarker for long-term disease outcomes in a cohort of patients with relapse-onset multiple sclerosis (MS), followed from disease onset.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We performed a cross-sectional study in 96 patients followed up ~ 15 years after a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and 34 healthy controls. Disease course was classified as CIS, relapsing-remitting MS or secondary progressive MS (SPMS). We acquired<jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>H-MRI and<jats:sup>23<\/jats:sup>Na-MRI and calculated the TSC in cortical grey matter (CGM), deep grey matter, normal-appearing white matter (WM) and WM lesions. 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Higher CGM TSC was independently associated with Expanded Disability Status Scale (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.26), timed 25-foot walk test (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.23), 9-hole peg test (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.23), Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.29), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.31) and executive function (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.36) test scores, independent of grey matter atrophy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sodium accumulation in CGM reflects underlying neuroaxonal metabolic abnormalities relevant to disease course heterogeneity and disability in relapse-onset MS. 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