By Associate Professor Yael Barnett

Journal articles

Peters J; Maamary J; Barnett Y; Kuhn AA; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2026, 'Surgical Treatment of Tremor Syndromes: A Guide to the Clinician', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 13, pp. 657 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.70441

Peters J; Maamary J; Jones L; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2026, 'Dystonia before and after Unilateral High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Essential and Dystonic Tremor', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.70743

Guilfoyle D; Ward K; Klistorner S; Lizak N; Beadnall HN; Zivadinov R; Weinstock-Guttman B; Roos I; Butzkueven H; van der Walt A; Buzzard K; Skibina O; Dwyer MG; Barnett Y; Lui E; Law M; Shieh A; Klistorner A; Wang C; Kalincik T; Barnett M, 2026, 'Impact of multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapies on chronic lesion tissue expansion', Multiple Sclerosis Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13524585261459228

Jia F; Lee KH; Gilbey T; Barnett Y; Jude M, 2025, 'Neuroleptospirosis as a cause of acute spontaneous loculated multifocal subdural haemorrhages', Internal Medicine Journal, 55, pp. 2099 - 2101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.70271

Peters J; Maamary J; Kyle K; Osborne I; Wilson D; Jones L; Bolitho S; Barnett M; Wang C; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2025, 'Unilateral focused ultrasound thalamotomy for tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease: blinded evaluation and imaging correlation', Brain Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaf303

Kyle K; Peters J; Jonker B; Barnett Y; Maamary J; Barnett M; Maller J; Wang C; Tisch S, 2024, 'Magnetic Resonance–Guided Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Essential Tremor: Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Ablation Alone or Additional Posterior Subthalamic Area Lesioning?', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 11, pp. 504 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.14005

Peters J; Maamary J; Kyle K; Olsen N; Jones L; Bolitho S; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2024, 'Reply to: Recurrence of Parkinson's Disease Tremor after Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy?', Movement Disorders, 39, pp. 759 - 760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.29756

Kyle K; Maamary J; Jonker B; Peters J; Barnett Y; Barnett M; D’Souza A; Maller J; Wang C; Tisch S, 2024, 'Consistency is key: influence of skull density ratio distribution on the formation of clinically effective lesions and long-term tremor suppression following treatment with MR-guided focused ultrasound', Journal of Neurosurgery, 140, pp. 648 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2023.6.JNS231153

Peters J; Maamary J; Kyle K; Olsen N; Jones L; Bolitho S; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2024, 'Reply to: “Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Dystonic Tremor—Favourable Outcomes with VIM Lesioning Alone”', Movement Disorders, 39, pp. 453 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.29711

Peters J; Maamary J; Kyle K; Olsen N; Jones L; Bolitho S; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2024, 'Outcomes of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Tremor Syndromes', Movement Disorders, 39, pp. 173 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.29658

Barnett M; Wang D; Beadnall H; Bischof A; Brunacci D; Butzkueven H; Brown JWL; Cabezas M; Das T; Dugal T; Guilfoyle D; Klistorner A; Krieger S; Kyle K; Ly L; Masters L; Shieh A; Tang Z; van der Walt A; Ward K; Wiendl H; Zhan G; Zivadinov R; Barnett Y; Wang C, 2023, 'A real-world clinical validation for AI-based MRI monitoring in multiple sclerosis', Npj Digital Medicine, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00940-6

Maamary J; Peters J; Kyle K; Ruge D; Jonker B; Barnett Y; Tisch S, 2023, 'Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for focal hand dystonia: study protocol for an open-label non-randomised clinical trial', BMJ Neurology Open, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2023-000522

Petzold A; Liu Y; Fraser C; Abegg M; Alroughani R; Alshowaeir D; Alvarenga R; Andris C; Asgari N; Barnett Y; Battistella R; Behbehani R; Berger T; Bikbov MM; Biotti D; Biousse V; Boschi A; Brazdil M; Brezhnev A; Calabresi P; Cordonnier M; Costello F; Cruz FM; Cunha LP; Daoudi S; Deschamps R; DeSeze J; Diem R; Etemadifar M; Flores-Rivera J; Fonseca P; Frederiksen J; Frohman E; Frohman T; FromentTilikete C; Fujihara K; Gálvez A; Gouider R; Gracia F; Grigoriadis N; Guajardo JM; Habek M; Hawlina M; Hernández-Martínez de Lapiscina E; Hooker J; Hor JY; Howlett W; Huang-Link Y; Idrissova Z; Illes Z; Jancic J; Jindahra P; Karussis D; Kerty E; Kim HJ; Lagrèze W; Leocani L; Levin N; Liskova P; Maiga Y; Marignier R; McGuigan C; Meira D; Merle H; Monteiro MLR; Moodley A; Moura F; Muñoz S; Mustafa S; Nakashima I; Noval S; Oehninger C; Ogun O; Omoti A; Pandit L; Paul F; Rebolleda G; Reddel S; Rejdak K; Rejdak R; Rodriguez-Morales A; Rougier MB; Sa MJ; Sanchez-Dalmau B; Saylor D; Shatriah I; Siva A; Stiebel-Kalish H; Szatmary G; Ta L; Tenembaum S; Tran H; Trufanov Y; VanPesch V; Wang AG; Wattjes MP; Willoughby E; Zakaria M; Zvornicanin J; Balcer L, 2023, 'Application of diagnostic criteria for optic neuritis – Authors' reply', Lancet Neurology, 22, pp. 376 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00110-2

Maamary J; Peters J; Kyle K; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2023, 'Effective Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Following MRgFUS for Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 10, pp. 486 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13662

Maamary J; Maddocks S; Barnett Y; Wong S; Rodriguez M; Hueston L; Jeoffreys N; Eden JS; Dwyer DE; Floyd T; Plit M; Kok J; Brew B, 2023, 'New Detection of Locally Acquired Japanese Encephalitis Virus Using Clinical Metagenomics, New South Wales, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29, pp. 627 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220632

Wang D; Jin R; Shieh CC; Ng AY; Pham H; Dugal T; Barnett M; Winoto L; Wang C; Barnett Y, 2023, 'Real world validation of an AI-based CT hemorrhage detection tool', Frontiers in Neurology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1177723

Kyle K; Maller J; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Barnett M; D’Souza A; Calamante F; Maamary J; Peters J; Wang C; Tisch S, 2023, 'Tremor supression following treatment with MRgFUS: skull density ratio consistency and degree of posterior dentatorubrothalamic tract lesioning predicts long-term clinical outcomes in essential tremor', Frontiers in Neurology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1129430

Petzold A; Fraser CL; Abegg M; Alroughani R; Alshowaeir D; Alvarenga R; Andris C; Asgari N; Barnett Y; Battistella R; Behbehani R; Berger T; Bikbov MM; Biotti D; Biousse V; Boschi A; Brazdil M; Brezhnev A; Calabresi PA; Cordonnier M; Costello F; Cruz FM; Cunha LP; Daoudi S; Deschamps R; de Seze J; Diem R; Etemadifar M; Flores-Rivera J; Fonseca P; Frederiksen J; Frohman E; Frohman T; Tilikete CF; Fujihara K; Gálvez A; Gouider R; Gracia F; Grigoriadis N; Guajardo JM; Habek M; Hawlina M; Martínez-Lapiscina EH; Hooker J; Hor JY; Howlett W; Huang-Link Y; Idrissova Z; Illes Z; Jancic J; Jindahra P; Karussis D; Kerty E; Kim HJ; Lagrèze W; Leocani L; Levin N; Liskova P; Liu Y; Maiga Y; Marignier R; McGuigan C; Meira D; Merle H; Monteiro MLR; Moodley A; Moura F; Muñoz S; Mustafa S; Nakashima I; Noval S; Oehninger C; Ogun O; Omoti A; Pandit L; Paul F; Rebolleda G; Reddel S; Rejdak K; Rejdak R; Rodriguez-Morales AJ; Rougier MB; Sa MJ; Sanchez-Dalmau B; Saylor D; Shatriah I; Siva A; Stiebel-Kalish H; Szatmary G; Ta L; Tenembaum S; Tran H; Trufanov Y; van Pesch V; Wang AG; Wattjes MP; Willoughby E; Zakaria M; Zvornicanin J; Balcer L, 2022, 'Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis', Lancet Neurology, 21, pp. 1120 - 1134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00200-9

Law LY; Barnett MH; Barnett Y; Masters L; Beadnall HN; Hardy TA; Reddel SW, 2022, 'Presumptive isolated neurosarcoidosis involving eloquent structures: An argument for empirical TNF-α inhibition', Journal of Neuroimmunology, 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577956

Barnett M; Barnett Y; Reddel S, 2022, 'MRI and laboratory monitoring of disease-modifying therapy efficacy and risks', Current Opinion in Neurology, 35, pp. 278 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WCO.0000000000001067

Chatterton S; Dwyer L; Thomson C; Plit M; Longmuir H; Chaganti J; Barnett Y; Brew B, 2022, 'Atypical presentations and course of JC virus infection', Journal of Neurovirology, 28, pp. 183 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13365-021-01031-6

Wang C; Barton J; Kyle K; Ly L; Barnett Y; Hartung HP; Reddel SW; Beadnall H; Taha M; Klistorner A; Barnett MH, 2021, 'Multiple sclerosis: Structural and functional integrity of the visual system following alemtuzumab therapy', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 92, pp. 1319 - 1324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2021-326164

Wilson DN; Barnett Y; Kyle K; Tisch S; Jonker BP, 2021, 'Predictors of thermal response and lesion size in patients undergoing magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 91, pp. 75 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2021.06.019

Baskin J; Hardy TA; Law LY; Bolitho S; Barnett Y, 2021, 'Black blood MRI: endotheliopathy of Susac syndrome unmasked', Neurological Sciences, 42, pp. 325 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04562-8

Leaney JC; Nguyen V; Miranda E; Barnett Y; Ahmad K; Wong S; Lawlor M, 2020, 'Bruch's Membrane Opening Minimum Rim Width Provides Objective Differentiation between Glaucoma and Nonglaucomatous Optic Neuropathies', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 218, pp. 164 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2020.05.034

Barnett Y; Garber JY; Barnett MH, 2020, 'MRI biomarkers of disease progression in multiple sclerosis: Old dog, new tricks?', Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, 10, pp. 527 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims.2020.01.04

Massey J; Barnett Y; Curnow J; Sutton I, 2019, 'B cell depletion therapy resulting in sustained remission of severe autoimmune complications following Alemtuzumab treatment of Multiple Sclerosis', Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 35, pp. 100 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2019.07.016

Wang CT; Barnett M; Barnett Y, 2019, 'Imaging the multiple sclerosis lesion: Insights into pathogenesis, progression and repair', Current Opinion in Neurology, 32, pp. 338 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WCO.0000000000000698

Moore JJ; Massey JC; Ford CD; Khoo ML; Zaunders JJ; Hendrawan K; Barnett Y; Barnett MH; Kyle KA; Zivadinov R; Ma KC; Milliken ST; Sutton IJ; Ma DDF, 2019, 'Prospective phase II clinical trial of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant for treatment refractory multiple sclerosis', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 90, pp. 514 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2018-319446

Van Hecke W; Ribbens A; Billiet T; Zivadinov R; Ramasamy DP; Dwyer MG; Bergsland N; Carl E; Wang C; Ly L; Barnett Y; Masters L; Barnett MH; Beadnall HN, 2019, 'New/Enlarging Lesion Count: Man versus Machine (P5.2-027)', Neurology, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.92.15_supplement.p5.2-027

Giarola B; Massey J; Barnett Y; Rodrigues M; Sutton I, 2019, 'Autoimmune encephalitis following alemtuzumab treatment of multiple sclerosis', Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 28, pp. 31 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2018.12.004

Triplett J; Rigney L; Hardy TA; Barnett Y; Hayes MW; Barnett M; Reddel SW, 2019, 'Forearm-predominant parainfectious myositis', Muscle and Nerve, 59, pp. E7 - E10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.26367

Beadnall H; Barnett Y; Ly L; Wang C; Billiet T; Ribbens A; Hecke WV; Masters L; Hardy TA; Barnett MH, 2018, '005 Filling in the gaps: precision MRI reporting in multiple sclerosis clinical practice', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 89, pp. A3.2 - A4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2018-anzan.5

Barton J; Hardy TA; Riminton S; Reddel SW; Barnett Y; Coles A; Barnett MH, 2017, 'Tumefactive demyelination following treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis with alemtuzumab', Neurology, 88, pp. 1004 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003694

Hardy TA; Wang C; Beadnall HN; Lagopoulos J; Barnett Y; Klistorner A; Barnett MH, 2016, 'Wallerian Degeneration in the Corticospinal Tract Following Tumefactive Demyelination: Conventional and Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging', Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 43, pp. 726 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2016.253

Samadi B; Nguyen D; Rudham S; Barnett Y, 2016, 'Spinal Cord Infarct during Concomitant Circulatory Support with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation', Critical Care Medicine, 44, pp. e101 - e105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000001400

Massey J; Buckland ME; Barnett Y; Sutton I, 2016, 'Expanding the range of immunopathology in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder', BMJ Case Reports, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-215981

Garg N; Reddel SW; Miller DH; Chataway J; Riminton DS; Barnett Y; Masters L; Barnett MH; Hardy TA, 2015, 'The corpus callosum in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and other CNS demyelinating and inflammatory diseases', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 86, pp. 1374 - 1382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2014-309649

Barnett Y; Sutton IJ; Ghadiri M; Masters L; Zivadinov R; Barnett MH, 2014, 'Conventional and advanced imaging in neuromyelitis optica', American Journal of Neuroradiology, 35, pp. 1458 - 1466, http://dx.doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3592

Ghadiri M; Buckland ME; Sutton IJ; Al Jahdhami S; Flanagan S; Heard R; Barnett Y; Brennan J; Barnett MH, 2014, 'Progressive neuropsychiatric symptoms and motor impairment', JAMA Neurology, 71, pp. 794 - 798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.6308

Geevasinga N; Cole C; Herkes GK; Barnett Y; Lin J; Needham M, 2014, 'Sickle cell disease and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 21, pp. 1329 - 1332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2013.10.028

Hurelbrink CB; Barnett Y; Buckland ME; Wilkinson M; Leicester J; Anderson C; Brennan J; Barnett M, 2012, 'Revisiting cerebral thromboangiitis obliterans', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 317, pp. 141 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2012.03.011

Chohan G; Barnett Y; Gibson J; Reddel SWR; Barnett MH, 2012, 'Langerhans cell histiocytosis with refractory central nervous system involvement responsive to infliximab', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 83, pp. 573 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2011-300575

Barnett MH; Barnett Y; Burke D; Willison H, 2011, 'Spinal nerve root hypertrophy in chronic ataxic neuropathy with antiglycolipid IgM antibodies', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 82, pp. 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2010.205096

Conference Papers

(Frank) Jia F; Lee KH; Barnett Y; Gilbey T; Jude M, 2025, '3469 Neuroleptospirosis presenting as atraumatic, bilateral, loculated and irregular-shaped subdural haemorrhages: case report and review of literature', in Poster Abstracts, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, pp. A21.2 - A21, presented at ANZAN Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 Abstracts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2025-anzan.56

Tilling J; Lumbomski J; Tisch S; Markus R; Tomlinson S; Barnett Y, 2025, '3543 Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumour – an Australian retrospective case series review', in Poster Abstracts, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, pp. A36.3 - A36, presented at ANZAN Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 Abstracts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2025-anzan.98

Peters J; Maamary J; Kyle K; Jones L; Osborne I; Bolitho S; Olsen N; Barnett Y; Jonker B; Tisch S, 2024, '7 Unilateral focused ultrasound thalamotomy for tremor-dominant Parkinson disease: blinded long-term evaluation', in Young Investigators Session Abstracts, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, pp. A3.2 - A3, presented at ANZAN Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 Abstracts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2024-anzan.7

Kyle K; Barnett Y; Tisch S; Jonker B; D'Souza A; Maller J; Barnett M; Maamary J; Wang C, 2022, 'Acute Global Structural and Diffusivity Changes Following Treatment with MRgFUS', in ISMRM Annual Meeting, ISMRM, presented at Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, 07 May 2022 - 12 May 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.58530/2022/2878

D'Souza A; Calamante F; Kyle K; Tisch S; Jonker B; Barnett Y; Maamary J; Maller J; Garber J; Barnett M; Wang C, 2022, 'Immediate changes in graph metrics following MRgFUS - an investigation using state-of-the-art diffusion image analysis', in ISMRM Annual Meeting, ISMRM, presented at Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, 07 May 2022 - 12 May 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.58530/2022/2146

Tang Z; Cabezas M; Kyle K; D'Souza A; Tisch S; Jonker B; Barnett Y; Maamary J; Maller J; Barnett M; Cai W; Wang C, 2022, 'Towards a personalized MRgFUS treatment for tremor disorders: A study on the number of ablations using deep learning and structural connectivity', in Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ... Scientific Meeting and Exhibition., International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), presented at Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, http://dx.doi.org/10.58530/2022/1432

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