About the Authors

Rémy Phan-Ba

remy.phanba@chu.ulg.ac.be

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Philippe Calay

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Patrick Grodent

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Gael Delrue

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Emilie Lommers

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Valérie Delvaux

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Gustave Moonen

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Shibeshih Belachew

Affiliations MYelin Disorders REseArch teaM (MYDREAM), Liège, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University and C.H.U. of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

SB received compensation for serving as an advisor or consultant for Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Merck-Serono and received educational grants from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Sanofi-Aventis, TEVA, and Novartis Pharma. PC received an educational grant from Biogen Idec. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RP SB. Performed the experiments: RP GD EL VD PG PC SB. Analyzed the data: RP GM SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG PC. Wrote the paper: RP SB.