Journal article
Stressful life events and the risk of initial central nervous system demyelination
A Saul, AL Ponsonby, RM Lucas, BV Taylor, S Simpson, P Valery, T Dwyer, TJ Kilpatrick, MP Pender, IA van der Mei
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2017
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is substantial evidence that stress increases multiple sclerosis disease activity, but limited evidence on its association with the onset of multiple sclerosis.
Grants
Awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (Future Fellowship 100100511), the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, MS Research Australia, the US National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Poola Foundation, the Health Research Council of New Zealand, the MS Society of Tasmania, Bayer Schering Pharma and Biogen Idec, Inc. Funding sources did not contribute to the design and conduct of the study, management, analysis or interpretation of the data or approval of the manuscript. P.C.V. and R.M.L. were supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowships. I.A.F.v.d.M. was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.