Biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current status and future prospects

R McMackin, P Bede, C Ingre, A Malaspina… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Disease heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis poses a substantial challenge in drug
development. Categorization based on clinical features alone can help us predict the …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebellar pathology in motor neuron disease: neuroplasticity and neurodegeneration

RH Chipika, G Mulkerrin, PF Pradat… - Neural regeneration …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a relentlessly progressive multi-system condition. The
clinical picture is dominated by upper and lower motor neuron degeneration, but extra-motor …

MRI clustering reveals three ALS subtypes with unique neurodegeneration patterns

HHG Tan, HJ Westeneng, AD Nitert… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify subtypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) by comparing patterns of neurodegeneration using brain magnetic resonance …

[HTML][HTML] Pathological neural networks and artificial neural networks in ALS: diagnostic classification based on pathognomonic neuroimaging features

P Bede, A Murad, O Hardiman - Journal of neurology, 2021 - Springer
The description of group-level, genotype-and phenotype-associated imaging traits is
academically important, but the practical demands of clinical neurology centre on the …

Phenotypic categorisation of individual subjects with motor neuron disease based on radiological disease burden patterns: a machine-learning approach

P Bede, A Murad, J Lope, SLH Shing, E Finegan… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Elsevier
Motor neuron disease is an umbrella term encompassing a multitude of clinically
heterogeneous phenotypes. The early and accurate categorisation of patients is hugely …

[HTML][HTML] Clusters of anatomical disease-burden patterns in ALS: a data-driven approach confirms radiological subtypes

P Bede, A Murad, J Lope, O Hardiman, KM Chang - Journal of neurology, 2022 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is associated with considerable clinical heterogeneity
spanning from diverse disability profiles, differences in UMN/LMN involvement, divergent …

[HTML][HTML] Hippocampal metabolic alterations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

F Christidi, GD Argyropoulos, E Karavasilis… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) has been overwhelmingly applied to motor regions to date and our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Presymptomatic grey matter alterations in ALS kindreds: a computational neuroimaging study of asymptomatic C9orf72 and SOD1 mutation carriers

P Bede, D Lulé, HP Müller, EL Tan, J Dorst… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background The characterisation of presymptomatic disease-burden patterns in
asymptomatic mutation carriers has a dual academic and clinical relevance. The …

Alterations of lipid‐mediated mitophagy result in aging‐dependent sensorimotor defects

N Oleinik, O Albayram, MF Kassir, FC Atilgan… - Aging …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The metabolic consequences of mitophagy alterations due to age‐related stress in healthy
aging brains versus neurodegeneration remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that …

[HTML][HTML] Resting state fMRI analysis of pseudobulbar affect in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): motor dysfunction of emotional expression

F Trojsi, F Di Nardo, G D'Alvano, G Caiazzo… - Brain imaging and …, 2023 - Springer
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), referring to exaggerated or inappropriate episodes of laughing
and/or crying without an apparent motivating stimulus, has been mainly attributed to bilateral …