Neuronal loss in the thalamus in MS has been shown repeatedly (Cifelli et al., 2002; Vercellino et al., 2005, 2009) and neuronal loss (NeuN) in the ventral posterolateral nucleus was observed in chronic EAE (Wagenknecht et al., 2016). The gene discussed is RBFOX3; the disease is myeloid sarcoma.