Attack-related damage of thalamic nuclei in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Athina Papadopoulou Frederike Cosima OertelLaura GaetanoJoseph KuchlingHanna ZimmermannClaudia ChienNadja SiebertSusanna AsseyerJudith Bellmann-StroblKlemens RuprechtM Mallar ChakravartyMichael ScheelStefano MagonJens WuerfelFriedemann PaulAlexander Ulrich Brandt

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2019)

These findings suggest attack-related anterograde degeneration rather than diffuse thalamic damage in NMOSD. They also support a potential role of LGN volume as an imaging marker of structural brain damage in these patients.

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