About the Authors

Omid Mirmosayyeb

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Jacobs Comprehensive MS Treatment and Research Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Ida Mohammadi

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Shahryar Rajai Firouzabadi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Saeed Vaheb

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Mohammad Yazdan Panah

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Tom A. Fuchs

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Jacobs Comprehensive MS Treatment and Research Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bianca Weinstock-Guttman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Jacobs Comprehensive MS Treatment and Research Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Vahid Shaygannejad

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

v.shaygannejad@gmail.com

Affiliations Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Omid Mirmosayyeb, Ida Mohammadi, Shahryar Rajai Firouzabadi, Saeed Vaheb, Mohammad Yazdan Panah, and Vahid Shaygannejad have nothing to disclose. Tom A Fuchs serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Neurology, and receives research support from the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis and consulting fees for Click Therapeutics. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman Served as a consultant for Biogen, EMD Serono, Novartis, Genentech, Celgene/Bristol Meyers Squibb, Sanofi Genzyme, Bayer, Janssen, Labcorp, Horizon and SANA. She has received grant/research support from Novartis, Biogen and Horizon/Amgen, and is an editorial board member of Children, CNS Drugs, MS International, Journal of Neurology and Frontiers Epidemiology. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.