Chronic demyelination exacerbates neuroaxonal loss in patients with MS with unilateral optic neuritis
Citation Manager Formats
Make Comment
See Comments

Article Information
- Received October 7, 2019
- Accepted in final form January 30, 2020
- First Published March 13, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Yuyi You, MD, PhD,
- Michael H. Barnett, PhD, FRACP,
- Con Yiannikas, FRACP,
- John Parratt, FRACP,
- Jim Matthews, MStat,
- Stuart L. Graham, PhD, FRANZCO and
- Alexander Klistorner, MD, PhD
- Yuyi You, MD, PhD,
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
(1) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), #1089853, CI, 2015-2018 (2) The Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia (ORIA), CI, 2017,2019 (3) Sydney Medical School, CI, 2016, 2019
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- Michael H. Barnett, PhD, FRACP,
1.Novartis, scientific advisory board 2.Genzyme-Sanofi, scientific advisory board
NONE
1. Merck, Conference Travel (2019 ECTRIMS)
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
1. Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre
NONE
Consultant, RxMx.
NONE
1. Novartis, Research Grant support 2. Genzyme-Sanofi, Research Grant Support 3. Bio-CSL, Research Grant Support 4. Biogen, Research Grant Support
1. Australian Government, CRC-P Grant: "New Smarts for the Medical Imaging Industry", Partner Investigator, 2018-2021
1. MS Research Australia, Project Grant: "Does somatic mutation in the brain drive progressive MS?", Co- Investigator 2018-2021 2. MS Research Australia, Project Grant: "Understanding the induction of disease quiescence by immunomodulating drugs in multiple sclerosis", Co-Investigator, 2018- 2021. 3. The University of Sydney. SOAR Research accelerator Fellowship, CI, 2018-2019.
Nerve Research Foundation, The University of Sydney
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- Con Yiannikas, FRACP,
Teva advisory board for migraine.
NONE
Commercial- Ipsen-Travel to Int Movement disorders meeting 2018 Biogen speaker 2019 CSL speaker 2019
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Consultant-Allergan, Ipsen
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- John Parratt, FRACP,
1. Commercial - Genzyme scientific advisory board 2. Commercial - Novartis scientific advisory board 3. Biogen advisory board 4. Sanofi advisory board
NONE
1. Commercial - Honoraria from Biogen for educational meetings 2. Commercial - Honoraria from Genzyme/Sanofi for educational meetings 3. Commercial - Honoraria from Merck Serono for educational meetings.
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Multiple sclerosis research Australia Neil and Norma Hill inaugural junior practitioner fellowship
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- Jim Matthews, MStat,
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- Stuart L. Graham, PhD, FRANZCO and
(1)Allergan Australia
NONE
(1) Allergan Australia - conference support 2)Novartis Australia - invited lecturer
(1)Clin Exp Ophthalmol - Glaucoma Section editor
(1)US Patent for multifocal VEP electrode positioning and signal scaling
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
(1)Novartis - research support
(1 ) NHMRC grants CIA x2 Perpetual Hillcrest Foundation grant CIA Ophthalmic Research Institute Australia Grant CIA
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- Alexander Klistorner, MD, PhD
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
1. "Electrophysiological visual field measurement" Klistorner and Graham 1999, PCT/AU99/00340 2. "Method and apparatus for objective electrophysiological assessment of visual function" Klistorner and Graham 2001, PCT/AU01/00423 3. ?Stimulus Method for Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential? Klistorner and Graham (Australian Patent Application No 2007900803) 4. ?Flexible electrode assembly and apparatus for measuring electrophysiological signals? Cheng, Klistorner, Graham (Australian Provisional Patent # 2006904755) 5. ?Apparatus for measuring electrophysiological signals? Cheng, Klistorner, Dyer - Australian Design No. 310666. 6. ? Flexible printed circuit board electrode assembly? Cheng, Klistorner, Dyer - Australian Design No. 311943.
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
1. Sydney University Foundation for Medical Research 2. Sydney eye hospital foundation 3. National MS Society
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
- From the Save Sight Institute (Y.Y., A.K.), The University of Sydney; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Y.Y., S.L.G., A.K.), Macquarie University; Brain and Mind Centre (M.H.B.), The University of Sydney; Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre (M.H.B., A.K.); Department of Neurology (C.Y., J.P.), Royal North Shore Hospital; and Sydney Informatics and Data Science Hub (J.M.), The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Correspondence
Dr. You yuyi.you{at}gmail.com
Article usage
Cited By...
Letters: Rapid online correspondence
REQUIREMENTS
You must ensure that your Disclosures have been updated within the previous six months. Please go to our Submission Site to add or update your Disclosure information.
Your co-authors must send a completed Publishing Agreement Form to Neurology Staff (not necessary for the lead/corresponding author as the form below will suffice) before you upload your comment.
If you are responding to a comment that was written about an article you originally authored:
You (and co-authors) do not need to fill out forms or check disclosures as author forms are still valid
and apply to letter.
Submission specifications:
- Submissions must be < 200 words with < 5 references. Reference 1 must be the article on which you are commenting.
- Submissions should not have more than 5 authors. (Exception: original author replies can include all original authors of the article)
- Submit only on articles published within 6 months of issue date.
- Do not be redundant. Read any comments already posted on the article prior to submission.
- Submitted comments are subject to editing and editor review prior to posting.
You May Also be Interested in
Dr. Nicole Sur and Dr. Mausaminben Hathidara
► Watch
Related Articles
- No related articles found.
Topics Discussed
Alert Me
Recommended articles
-
Articles
Optical coherence tomography and disease subtype in multiple sclerosisM. Pulicken, E. Gordon-Lipkin, L. J. Balcer et al.Neurology, November 26, 2007 -
Article
Optical coherence tomography is highly sensitive in detecting prior optic neuritisSarah Chaoying Xu, Randy H. Kardon, Jacqueline A. Leavitt et al.Neurology, January 23, 2019 -
Articles
Optical coherence tomography helps differentiate neuromyelitis optica and MS optic neuropathiesJ. N. Ratchford, M. E. Quigg, A. Conger et al.Neurology, July 27, 2009 -
Article
No evidence of disease activity is associated with reduced rate of axonal retinal atrophy in MSMarco Pisa, Simone Guerrieri, Giovanni Di Maggio et al.Neurology, November 15, 2017