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Emeritus Professor John Pollard AO

Emeritus Professor
Medicine, Central Clinical School

D06 - Blackburn Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Biographical details

Professor Pollard has an international reputation in the fields of neuropathy and multiple sclerosis. He was Bushell Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney until 2008 and remains Co-Director of the Nerve Research Foundation and a Director of the Brain Mind Research Institute. He is a member of the steering Committee of the World Federation of Neurology and a past-board member of the Peripheral Nerve Society. He remains Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia and Chairman of the MS Interest Group within Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurology. In 2005 he was awarded an AO for his contributions to neurology and in particular to multiple sclerosis. He is also a Board member of the Institute of Neuromuscular Research at the Childrens Hospital, Westmead.

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Keywords

Motor neuron disease; Multiple sclerosis; Neurosciences

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Publications

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2011

  
  • Pollard, J., Armati, P. CIDP - the relevance of recent advances in Schwann cell/axonal neurobiology. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 2011; 16:15-23. [Abstract]

2010

  
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  • Tayebi, M., David, M., Bate, C., Jones, D., Taylor, W., Morton, R., Pollard, J., Hawke, S. Epitope specific anti-prion antibodies up-regulate apolipoprotein e and disrupt membrane cholesterol homeostasis. The Journal of general virology. 2010; 91:3105-15. [Abstract]
  • Hughes, R., Gorson, K., Cros, D., Griffin, J., Pollard, J., Vallat, J., Maurer, S., Riester, K., Davar, G., Dawson, K., Sandrock, A., , A. Intramuscular interferon beta-1a in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Neurology. 2010; 74:651-657. [Abstract]
  • Ryan, M., Pollard, J., Ouvrier, R. Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneurpathy in Childhood. In: Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System in Children. London, UK: MacKeith Press 2010. p. 406-430.

2009

  
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  • Barnett, M., Parratt, J., Pollard, J., Prineas, J. MS: is it one disease?. International MS journal / MS Forum. 2009; 16:57-65. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Valpiani, E., Tennant, C., Dunn, S., Sharrock, M., Hodgkinson, S., Pollard, J. Longitudinal assessment of anxiety, depression, and fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis. Psychology and psychotherapy. 2009; 82:41-56. [Abstract]
  • Lincoln, J., Cadavid, D., Pollard, J., McLeod, J., Prineas, J., Dowling, P., Cook, S. We should use magnetic resonance imaging to classify and monitor the course of multiple sclerosis. Archives of Neurology. 2009; 66:412-414. [Abstract]

2008

  
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  • Vallat, J., Ouvrier, R., Pollard, J., Magdelaine, C., Zhu, D., Nicholson, G., Grew, S., Ryan, M., Funalot, B. Histopathological Findings in Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy of Axonal Type With Onset in Early Childhood Associated With Mitofusin 2 Mutations. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology. 2008; 67:1097-102. [Abstract]
  • Ng, K., Howells, J., Pollard, J., Burke, D. Up-regulation of slow K+ channels in peripheral motor axons: a transcriptional channelopathy in multiple sclerosis. Brain. 2008; 131:3062-3071. [Abstract]
  • Arthur, A., Armati, P., Bye, C., , S., Heard, R., Stewart, G., Pollard, J., Booth, D. Genes implicated in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis from consilience of genotyping and expression profiles in relapse and remission. BMC Medical Genetics. 2008; 9:17. [Abstract]

2007

  
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  • Lin, H., Spies, J., Lu, J., Pollard, J. Effective treatment of experimental autoimmune neuritis with human immunoglobulin. Journal of the neurological sciences. 2007; 256:61-67. [Abstract]
  • Lin, H., Wang, M., Spies, J., Pollard, J. Effective treatment of experimental autoimmune neuritis with Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin. Journal of neuroimmunology. 2007; 186:133-140. [Abstract]
  • Taylor, J., Pollard, J. Soluble TNFR1 inhibits the development of experimental autoimmune neuritis by modulating blood-nerve-barrier permeability and inflammation. Journal of neuroimmunology. 2007; 183:118-24. [Abstract]
  • Pollard, J. Chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyneuropathy and Schwann cells. In: The Biology of Schwann Cells. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press 2007. p. 171-184.

2006

  
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  • Lu, J., Vallat, J., Pollard, J., Knoops, B., Ouvrier, R. Expression of the antioxidant enzyme peroxiredoxin 5 in the human peripheral nervous system. Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS. 2006; 11:318-324. [Abstract]
  • Kappos, L., Traboulsee, A., Constantinescu, C., Eralinna, J., Forrestal, F., Jongen, P., Pollard, J., Sandberg-Wollheim, M., Sindic, C., Stubinski, B., Uitdehaag, B., Li, D. Long-term subcutaneous interferon beta-1a therapy in patients with relapsing-remitting MS. Neurology. 2006; 67:944-953. [Abstract]
  • van Schaik, I., Bouche, P., Illa, I., Leger, J., Van den Bergh, P., Cornblath, D., Evers, E., Hadden, R., Hughes, R., Koski, C., Nobile-Orazio, E., Pollard, J., Sommer, C., Doorn, P. European Federation of Neurological Societies Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on management of multifocal motor neuropathy. European Journal of Neurology. 2006; 13:802-808. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Tennant, C., Sharrock, M., Hodgkinson, S., Dunn, S., Pollard, J. Relationship between stress and relapse in multiple sclerosis: part I. Important features. Multiple Sclerosis. 2006; 12:453-464. [Abstract]
  • Hadden, R., Nobile-Orazio, E., Sommer, C., Hahn, A., Illa, I., Morra, E., Pollard, J., Hughes, R., Bouche, P., Cornblath, D., Evers, E., Koski, C., Leger, J., Van den Bergh, P., van Doorn, P., Schaik, I. European Federation of Neurological Societies Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on management of paraproteinaemic demyelinating neuropathies: report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society. European Journal of Neurology. 2006; 13:809-818. [Abstract]
  • Brown, R., Tennant, C., Sharrock, M., Hodgkinson, S., Dunn, S., Pollard, J. Relationship between stress and relapse in multiple sclerosis: part II. Direct and indirect relationships. Multiple Sclerosis. 2006; 12:465-475. [Abstract]
  • Hughes, R., Bouche, P., Cornblath, D., Evers, E., Hadden, R., Hahn, A., Illa, I., Koski, C., Leger, J., Nobile-Orazio, E., Pollard, J., Sommer, C., Van den Bergh, P., van Doorn, P., van Schaik, I., Mehndiratta, M., Hughes, R., Winer, J., de Haan, R., Vermeulen, M., Agarwal, P. European Federation of Neurological Societies Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society (Reprinted from Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, vol 10, pg 220-228, 2005). European Journal of Neurology. 2006; 13:326-332. [Abstract]