Early development of multiple sclerosis is associated with progressive grey matter atrophy in patients presenting with clinically isolated syndromes

CM Dalton, DT Chard, GR Davies, KA Miszkiel… - Brain, 2004 - academic.oup.com
While brain atrophy occurs early in the clinical course of multiple sclerosis, exactly how early,
which tissues are affected and the rate at which early atrophy occurs are unclear. Regional …

Association between pathological and MRI findings in multiple sclerosis

M Filippi, W Brück, D Chard, F Fazekas… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Pathological evaluation is the gold standard for identifying processes related to multiple
sclerosis that explain disease manifestations, and for guiding the development of new treatments…

Reducing the impact of white matter lesions on automated measures of brain gray and white matter volumes

DT Chard, JS Jackson, DH Miller… - Journal of magnetic …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop an automated lesion‐filling technique (LEAP; LEsion Automated
Preprocessing) that would reduce lesion‐associated brain tissue segmentation bias (which is …

Mind the gap: from neurons to networks to outcomes in multiple sclerosis

DT Chard, AAS Alahmadi, B Audoin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
MRI studies have provided valuable insights into the structure and function of neural networks,
particularly in health and in classical neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer …

Deep gray matter volume loss drives disability worsening in multiple sclerosis

…, CAMG Wheeler‐Kingshott, D Chard… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Gray matter (GM) atrophy occurs in all multiple sclerosis (MS) phenotypes. We
investigated whether there is a spatiotemporal pattern of GM atrophy that is associated with …

Brain atrophy and lesion load predict long term disability in multiple sclerosis

…, B Bodini, O Ciccarelli, Z Khaleeli, DT Chard… - Journal of Neurology …, 2013 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether brain atrophy and lesion volumes predict subsequent 10
year clinical evolution in multiple sclerosis (MS). Design From eight MAGNIMS (MAGNetic …

Clinically isolated syndromes

DH Miller, DT Chard, O Ciccarelli - The Lancet Neurology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) is a term that describes a first clinical episode with features
suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS). It usually occurs in young adults and affects optic …

Gray matter atrophy is related to long‐term disability in multiple sclerosis

LK Fisniku, DT Chard, JS Jackson… - Annals of Neurology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the relation of gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) brain volumes,
and WM lesion load, with clinical outcomes 20 years after first presentation with clinically …

Normal cerebral perfusion measurements using arterial spin labeling: reproducibility, stability, and age and gender effects

LM Parkes, W Rashid, DT Chard… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Before meaningful conclusions can be drawn from clinical measures of cerebral blood
perfusion, the precision of the measurement must be determined and set in the context of inter‐ …

Progression of regional grey matter atrophy in multiple sclerosis

…, S Ourselin, CA Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, D Chard… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
See Stankoff and Louapre (doi: 10.1093/brain/awy114 ) for a scientific commentary on this
article. Grey matter atrophy is present from the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis, but its …